Name: Class: Date: 7th Grade Chapter 6 Study Guide
True / False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. (1 point each)
1. Most African societies believed in many gods.
a. True
b. False
2. The use of horses greatly changed trade in Africa.
a. True
b. False
3. Ghana had more territory, more people, and more trade than Mali.
a. True
b. False
4. Muhammad Ture kept the peace and security of the empire of Songhai with a navy and soldiers on horseback.
a. True
b. False
5. In Mali, only the king and his family could wear clothing that was sewn.
a. True
b. False
6. Today in Africa, there are more Christians than Muslims.
a. True
b. False
7. Powerful African states such as Ghana and Mali had strong central governments.
a. True
b. False
8. According to the government of Ghana, power was transferred to the king’s son.
a. True
b. False
9. Some gold from West Africa reached Europe and Asia.
a. True
b. False
10. The people in Mali supported their generals because their generals protected them from invaders.
a. True
b. False
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Multiple Choice
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. (2 points each)
11. The earliest known form of African art is
a. metalworking.
b. woodcarving.
c. weaving.
d. rock painting.
12. Education in African villages was carried out by the family and
a. other villagers.
b. the village school.
c. tribal councils.
d. church.
13. According to the chart, what did the kingdoms of Ghana and Mali have in common?
a. They were both in West Africa and traded salt and
b. They were both in East Africa and traded iron
gold.
products.
c. They both traded ivory.
d. They both traded gold and copper.
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14. According to the chart, what was the capital of the earliest empire?
a. Gao
b. Timbuktu
c. Adulis
d. Saleh
15. According to the chart, which kingdom traded enslaved people?
a. Ghana
b. Mali
c. Songhai
d. Axum
16. According to the chart, which kingdom developed in Southeast Africa?
a. Mali
b. Songhai
c. Axum
d. Zimbabwe
17. According to the quote, the causes of the final downfall of Kush are
a. detailed.
b. unusual.
c. well known.
d. mysterious.
18. Many African dance rituals celebrated
a. eras of history.
b. deeds of famous heroes.
c. the Bantu’s migration.
d. stages of life.
19. The Berbers adopted camels as a way to travel as well as a source of
a. milk.
b. leather.
c. water.
d. food.
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20. Africa’s savannas
a. are good for growing yams.
c. are good for raising herds of animals.
21. Mansa Musa of Mali
a. built many Jewish temples.
c. made Islam the official religion.
b. cover only 10 percent of the land.
d. are cool and rainy.
b. converted to Christianity.
d. allowed different religions.
22. According to the quote, who had a trade monopoly in the African interior?
a. Kush
b. Axum
c. Butana
d. Aezanas
23. According to the passage, what fact does Insoll find surprising?
a. that Timbuktu was so well excavated
b. that Timbuktu was identical to Gao
c. that Timbuktu was completely Muslim
d. that Timbuktu was so unexplored
24. According to the passage, where are Insoll and his team excavating?
a. Timbuktu and Gao
b. Gao only
c. Timbuktu only
d. Muslim sites only
25. According to the quote, what was the most serious threat to Kush’s economy?
a. Butana
b. overgrazing
c. desiccation
d. Axum
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26. According to the passage, what is common in the part of Western Africa around Timbuktu?
a. a pattern of single settlement
b. cities named Gao
c. mosques
d. a pattern of double settlements
27. According to the quote, who was the attacker in the Kush-Axum conflict?
a. Yoruba
b. Kush
c. Noba
d. Axum
28. According to the quote, where was the kingdom of Axum?
a. in Butana
b. on the east bank of the Nile
c. on the west bank of the Nile
d. in the highlands of Ethiopia
29. During the 1440s, the European slave trade was started in Africa by
a. Portugal.
b. France.
c. Spain.
d. England.
30. Where was the person singing this song hoping to go?
a. back to Africa
b. to heaven
c. to where the trumpet sounds
d. to the next plantation
31. According to the song, what does the person hear sounding in his or her soul?
a. lightning
b. sinners trembling
c. tombstones bursting
d. a trumpet
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32. Which people’s migrations helped spread culture across medieval Africa?
a. Yoruba
b. Bantu
c. Ndongo
d. Portuguese
33. What great warrior-king, called “Lion Prince,” ruled Mali from 1230 to 1255?
a. Sundiata Keita
b. Mansa Musa
c. Timbuktu
d. Sunni Ali
34. The great trading center of Zimbabwe reached from south of the Zambezi River to the
a. Niger River.
b. Mediterranean Sea.
c. Nile River.
d. Indian Ocean.
35. This African zone produces a surplus of crops.
a. savannas
b. rain forests
c. the Mediterranean
d. the Sahel
Matching
(​ 2 points each)
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. Askia Muhammad
b. clan
c. diviners
d. Makkah
e. Swahili
36. a language that means “people of the coast”
37. a group of related people descended from the same ancestor
38. Muslim holy city
39. group of people believed by many African groups to be able to tell the future
40. Songhai leader who built the largest empire in medieval West Africa
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. Axum
b. dhow
c. griots
d. plateau
e. Sunni Ali
41. sailboat used by Arab traders
42. seized control of Timbuktu
43. area of high flat land
44. kingdom that owed its power to its location on the Red Sea
45. storytellers
Essay
​(Choose 2 - 10 points each. Answer all 3 for extra points.)​
46. Give specific examples of how Islam has had a far-reaching ​effect on much of Africa. Powered by Cognero
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47. Why did early African trading empires rise and fall?
48. Analyze how enslaved people spread African culture.
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