Quiz

1	The remarkable oral tradition of sub-Saharan Africa was preserved primarily by
			Muslim African scholars.
			professional singers and griots.
			village chiefs and diviners.
2	The story of Sundiata was about
			the heroic deeds of the lion prince in establishing the Mali empire.
			the misery of slaves captured and traded in the Mediterranean basin network.
			the coming of Islam as a dominant faith in sub-Saharan societies.
3	Sub-Saharan Africa is defined as
			the vast desert in central Africa.
			the tropical jungles of south Africa.
			central and south Africa south of the Sahara desert.
4	The earliest Bantu migrants were
			agriculturalists.
			hunting and gathering peoples.
			fishing peoples.
5	All of the following stimulated Bantu migrations except
			iron metallurgy.
			bubonic plague.
			bananas.
6	Before the 10th century, the dominant form of social organization in sub-Saharan Africa was the
			city-state.
			empire.
			stateless society.
7	All of the following describe a stateless society except
			female chiefs presided over village affairs.
			the people were governed through family and kinship groups.
			a group of villages constituted a district, but there was no chief or larger government for the district.
8	The kingdom of Kongo
			emerged as a powerful state through trading with Muslim merchants of north Africa.
			maintained a royal currency system based on cowries from the Indian Ocean.
			was a loosely organized government with little authority over officials.
9	The arrival of camels in Africa
			made communication across the Sahara possible.
			quickened the pace of communication across the Sahara.
			replaced elephants as the preferred transport animals throughout the Sahara.
10	Koumbi-Saleh was to the kingdom of Ghana as
			Mansa Musa was to the Mali empire.
			Niani was to the Mali empire.
			Sundiata was to the Mali empire.
11	The conversion to Islam of rulers of the kingdom of Ghana and the Mali empire
			stimulated commercial relations with Muslim merchants.
			meant that Islamic faith was imposed forcibly on their entire societies.
			facilitated the export of Muslim African slaves by these two states to other Islamic countries.
12	Swahili
			was an Arabic language.
			refers to the peoples of the east African coast.
			refers to the city-states of the east African coast.
13	All of the following were Swahili city-states except
			Sofala, Mogadishu.
			Zimbabwe, Ife.
			Malindi, Kilwa.
14	Great Zimbabwe was
			a powerful guild of gold merchants of Zimbabwe.
			the capital city of Zimbabwe.
			an anti-Islamic organization of Zimbabwe.
15	According to João de Barros, the population of Kilwa consisted of
			hunters, gatherers, and fishermen.
			Bantu and Indonesians.
			Arabs and Kaffirs.
16	In stateless societies of the sub-Sahara
			slaves did not exist.
			private property in land did not exist.
			gender differentiation did not exist.
17	After the 11th century, the slave trade became increasingly important in Africa because
			demand for slaves in foreign markets outstripped the supply.
			many African slaves wanted to be relocated in foreign lands.
			both of the above.
18	Unlike many other religions, African religion
			did not concern itself with morality and proper behavior.
			did not concern itself with matters of theology.
			did not concern itself with world order.
19	Compared with Islam, Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa was
			a minor faith.
			equally important.
			more true to original Christian theology than African Islam was to original Islamic theology.
20	Upon adopting Islamic faith, African women
			were increasingly confined in their social and economic activities.
			did not experience much change in their social status.
			enjoyed higher honor than before.