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The northern area of Africa, from the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans, is composed of the greatest desert on earth, the

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C. Sahara.

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The great river that dominates the western region of Africa, the so-called \"hump of Africa,\" is the

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B. Niger

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Karl Mauch found the ruins of

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C. Great Zimbabwe

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The African country in which prehistoric predecessors of human beings probably first lived in

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B. Kenya

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If one traveled south from the grasslands of central Africa, one would reach the region of

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D. some of the world's richest deposits of minerals.

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Which of the following is not a valid observation about the ancient civilization of the Kush?

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C. It spread its empire to the north by driving the Romans out of Egypt.

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The ancient civilization that was located in the highlands of what is known today as Ethiopia was

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D. Axum.

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Axum was

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B. originally a colony of the Kingdom of Sheba in the Arabian Peninsula

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A unique aspect of the ancient Ethiopian civilization was the fact that

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B. it adopted the form of Christianity practiced in Egypt.

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The vast grasslands that border the great desert region of the Sahara are known as

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C. savannahs.

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Which of the following statements about the Sahara Desert is true?

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C. At one point in time, before it began to dry out, it was an area that was green and flourishing with life.

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The nomadic mountain-dwellers of North Africa, who served as trade intermediaries for the great trans-Saharan commerce were the

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D. Berbers.

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The great iron-working culture of northern Nigeria was the

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A. Nok

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The following were true about the trans-Saharan caravan trade except

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D. it brought the first islamic traders to central Africa in the first century B.C.E.

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The family of languages spoken by people who inhabit the region of Central Africa south of the Sahara desert is

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D. Bantu

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East African trade

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B. provided a lively, ocean-going commercial intercourse with civilizations far to the east.

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Malayan traders and settlers

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B. May have introduced yams and bananas to Africa.

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A Malay settlement was established on the island of

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A. Madagascar.

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In southern Africa,

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A. an integration of Khoisan and Bantu-speaking peoples took place

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All of the following statements about the arrival of Islam in Africa are true except

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D. Berber resistance blocked Arab expansion to the westward continental limits until after 1200

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The Ethiopian Christian Dynasty which experienced a long-lasting conflict with African Muslims, was the

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C. Zagwe

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Zanj

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E. both a and d

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Which of the following is a true statement about Swahili?

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B. As a language, it employed Bantu grammar and Arabic linguistic terms

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The original reason for the rise of the kingdom of Ghana was

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C. the middleman role it played in the gold trade between its neighbors who produced it and the Moroccans who distributed it to the Mediterranean world.

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Islam in Africa

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D. none of the above

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The Kingdom of Ghana

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B. exported gold, leather goods, slaves, and ostrich feathers.

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In regard to state building in West Africa, it can be said that

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A. Ghana was the first great commercial state there.

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The kingdom of Mali

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C. maintained a very active pro-islamic policy under Mansa Musa

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The local chieftan of a Mali farming village was called a

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A. mansa

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Which of the following states developed in the souther half of Africa?

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A. Luba

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All of the following was true about the souther African state of Zimbabwe except

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B. it played no significant role in the gold trade with the Swahili states to the east.

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In regard to the urban life of African towns, it can be said that

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B. they usually developed from smaller, fortified walled villages.

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The San

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D. were often described as \"bushmen\" by later Europeans

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The lowest and most basic level of African social groupings was the

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C. nuclear family.

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Which of the following statements accurately depicts the nature of the African lineage group?

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A. It was similar in many respects to the clan in China

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Social practices typical to many African societies included

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D. both b and c

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Slavery in Africa

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B. was an ancient practice that used people for a range of tasks, including military service, agricultural and construction labor, and for domestic and royal servants.

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Before Islam developed in Africa,

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B. many religions believed that human life had two stages, one earthly and the other \"external.\"

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Which of the following was not true about the spread of Islam in Africa?

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B. it interfered with the efforts of African rulers to strengthen their power.

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African art

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D. includes the impressively crafted, mortrarless structures at Great Zimbabwe

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There are San rock paintings discovered in Africa that depict illustrations of ritual ceremonies directed by the village shamans to

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A. induce rain

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In addition to woodcarvings, other major African artistic contributions have been

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E. Saharan aqueducts at Aswan

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Bronze heads sculptures and relief plaques depicting West African court life were created in

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A. Benin

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Music in African societies

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C. employed various musical instruments, including the harp, bells and the xylophone.

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African music

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C. produced a totality of music in its combination of voice and instrument sounds.

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Which of the following is the earliest form of surviving architecture found in Africa?

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B. the pyramids of Egypt

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African culture

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A. is notable for its incorporation of bards to retain and spread communal history and religious beliefs.

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The distinctively carved stone pillars, used to mark the tombs of Axum kings, are known as

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A. stelae.

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Which of the following is a true statement about African building materials during the first millennium of the common era?

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A. Stone was increasingly used in West Africa beginning in the first millennium C.E.

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Recent archeological and anthropological discoveries have shown that

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B. African societies were much more involved in worldwide developments of human history than had previously been believed.

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