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| 101004178 | Between 800 and 1500, as the frequency and intensity of contact with the outside world increased, what was the most significant impact on sub-Saharan Africa? | The arrival of Islam | 0 | |
| 101004179 | -What is true concerning the universality of religion in Africa | There was no universal religion in Africa, but both Christianity and Islam found adherents. | 1 | |
| 101004180 | ***What are stateless societies in Africa? | organized around kinship or other forms of obligation and lacking the concentration of political power and authority. | 2 | |
| 101004181 | -What was the function of secret societies in African culture? | Because their membership cut across lineage divisions, they acted to maintain stability within the community and diminish clan feuds. | 3 | |
| 101004182 | ***The grassland belt at the southern edge of the Sahara that served as a point of exchange between the forests of the south and North Africa was called the | Sahel | 4 | |
| 101004183 | -What kingdom arose in the Sudan following the decline of Ghana in 1076? | Mali | 5 | |
| 101004184 | -What was the geographical location of the empire of Mali? | Between Niger and Senegal Rivers | 6 | |
| 101004185 | -Which of the following monarchs was referred to as Mali's "Lion Prince?" | Sundiata | 7 | |
| 101004186 | -Juula were...? | African traders associated with the Mali Empire. | 8 | |
| 101004187 | What was one of the major "port" cities of the Mali Empire? | Timbuktu | 9 | |
| 101004188 | -Specialists who mastered the oral traditions of the Malinke and by knowing the past were considered excellent advisors to the kings were called | Griots | 10 | |
| 101004189 | -Sunni Ali was responsible for the creation of what African Empire? | Songhay | 11 | |
| 101004190 | ***What accounted for the downfall of Songhay? | invasion by a Moroccan Muslim army equipped with firearms | 12 | |
| 101004191 | -How did contact with the Muslim world affect the African slave trade? | With the Muslim conquests of North Africa and commercial penetration to the south, slavery became a more widely diffused phenomenon and the slave trade developed rapidly. | 13 | |
| 101004192 | -Zenj was the Arabic term for | the East African coast. | 14 | |
| 101004193 | -What was typical of the African societies not affected by either Islam or Christianity? | Lack of writing system | 15 | |
| 101004194 | -Which of the following regions was typified by city-state organization? | Yoruba | 16 | |
| 101014366 | Social organization of Mali? | three groups off free people, religious people, and tradesmen | 17 | |
| 101014367 | ***What african region converted first? | North Africa | 18 | |
| 101014368 | ***Sudanic states of Mali and Songhay? | terribrial cores of some ethnicity, power extended | 19 | |
| 101014369 | To what extent did Islam penetrate East Africa? | Outside clans converted for trade | 20 | |
| 101014370 | ***Differnce between Africa and other societies? | built less clear on prior descent | 21 | |
| 101014371 | ***Who did not migrate to East Africa? | Berber people | 22 | |
| 101014372 | ***Impact of Africa on Sub-Saharan Africa? | Africa never totally isolated from Mediterranean | 23 | |
| 101014373 | ***Great Zimbabwe was NOT...? | Constructed by Arabs who traded with Bantu | 24 | |
| 101014374 | Political form of Congo? | Construction of small states under the king | 25 | |
| 101014375 | ***Political form of Karoba? | small city states | 26 | |
| 101014376 | Common cultural traits of parts of East Africa? | Bantu and Arabic | 27 | |
| 101014377 | Where was Islam most profound? | Sudan and Swahili Coast | 28 | |
| 101014378 | Urbanization of Mali? | Niger River (Timbuktu) that flourished commercially and culturally | 29 | |
| 101014379 | Problem with African Trade? | Exchange raw for manufactured products and did not develope technology | 30 | |
| 101014380 | ***What does "Equality before God" mean? | emphasis on equality, acceptence of social stratification | 31 | |
| 101014381 | ***How did Islam expansion aid in trade creation is SouthEast | Islam expanded to India and Southeast Asia provided religious trust bond between regions and converted city rulers | 32 | |
| 101014382 | ***What part of empire was Songhay first part of? | Mali | 33 | |
| 101014383 | ***Agriculture in Mali? | Difficulties of soil, dought, no technology, farmers could barely provide food | 34 | |
| 101014384 | ***African economy was NOT...? | region lacked Market economy and agricltural unitys | 35 | |
| 101014385 | What was true about the African economy? | settled agriculture and iron working by post classical trade, trade handled by professionals in kinds, North Africa involved in Mediterranean and Arabic world | 36 | |
| 101014386 | -Which of the following statements concerning political and religious universality in Africa is most accurate? | Neither universal states nor universal religion characterized Africa, but both Christianity and Islam did find adherents in Africa. | 37 | |
| 101014387 | -Which of the following statements best describes the indigenous religion of much of sub-Saharan Africa? | Animistic religion ¹ belief in the power of natural forces personified as deities ¹ characterized much of Africa. | 38 | |
| 101014388 | -Which of the following was NOT a belief shared by practitioners of many indigenous African religions? | the basic tenets of Coptic Christianity | 39 | |
| 101014389 | -What was the most important Christian kingdom in Africa? | Ethiopia | 40 | |
| 101014390 | -was the social and political function of the griots? | Griots mastered the oral traditions of the Malinke and by knowing the past were considered excellent advisors of kings. | 41 | |
| 101014391 | -Why was Islam so readily adopted by rulers within the Sudan? | The Muslim concept of a ruler who united civil and religious authority reinforced traditional ideas of kingship. | 42 | |
| 101014392 | -How did contact with the Muslim world affect the African slave trade? | With the Muslim conquests of North Africa and commercial penetration to the south, slavery became a more widely diffused phenomenon and the slave trade developed rapidly. | 43 | |
| 101014393 | -was the institution of slavery viewed in Muslim society? | In theory slavery was seen as a stage in the process of conversion of pagans to Islam. | 44 | |
| 101014394 | -What was the common cultural trait of the urbanized trading ports of the East African coast? | Bantu-based and Arabic-influenced Swahili language | 45 | |
| 122881062 | ***Social organization of Malinke people? | two sorts of people, those who were free and those who were slaves | 46 |
