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Kingdoms of Africa - Test (Honors)

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Question 1
1.

Little is known about their government, but we do know they left behind "stone houses".

Question 2
2.

This East-African language and culture comes from the Arabic word meaning "of the coast".

Question 3
3.

When referring to the kingdom as a whole, Axumite kings used what Greek word?

Question 4
4.

What port city located on the Red Sea was responsible for much of the wealth of Axum?

Question 5
5.

The people of this East-African kingdom surpsingly chose Christianity as their main religion, despite being close to both the Arabian Peninsula and Mecca.

Question 6
6.

The soldier-king Sonni Ali would go on to create this, the largest West-African kingdom ever.

Question 7
7.

What kingdom translated means "where the king dwells?"

Question 8
8.

Around 800 C.E., the rulers of the Soninke people would unite many farming villages to create this West-African kingdom.

Question 9
9.

A variety of West-African languages are derived from what root language?

Question 10
10.

North and south of the Equator you can find these grassy plains in Africa.

Question 11
11.

Songhai forces defeated invading Moroccan forces due to their equipping of English cannons and arquebuses.

Question 12
12.

The Nile river runs through both the Egyptian and Nubian kingdoms of old.

Question 13
13.

The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.

Question 14
14.

After conquering the Nubians, the Assyrians would force them to move their captial to the trading city of Meroe.

Question 15
15.

Salt would be considered a commodity of ancient Africa.

Question 16
16.

What two facts found below, are true about the Kingdom of Nubia?

Question 17
17.
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Amid the collapse of Ghana, would conquer his enemies and establish the kingdom of Mali.
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King Lalibella
Directed the building of 11 churches, carved out of solid rock in the ground.
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Mansa Musa
Forged new diplomatic and economic ties while travelling to Mecca.
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Question 18
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_______ , also known as "ships of the desert", revolutionized trade across the Sahara.
Question 19
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The process of _______ devoured thousands of acres of cropland and pastureland.
Question 20
20.
"Farming villages began to produce a _______ , that is, more than they needed".