Chapter

6
Central and Southern Africa
Key Version A

1) What is the Key Version?
a) A
b) B

2) Most people from Central and Southern
Africa are from what group?
a) Arabian
b) Bantu
c) Indian
d) Mesopotamian
e) Persian

3) The first Bantu lived in Western-Central
Africa near what river?
a) Euphrates River
b) Ganges River
c) Nile River
d) Niger River
e) Tigris River

4) At about 1,000 B.C.E., what was it called
when the many Bantu groups moved
south and east through Africa spreading
their languages and cultures?
a) Bantu migrations
b) Great Enclosure
c) Kongo
d) Mutapa
e) Swahili

5) By what year, did the Bantu groups reach
Southern Africa?
a) 750 B.C.E.
b) 500 B.C.E.
c) 500 C.E.
d) 750 C.E.
e) 1,000 C.E.

6) Merchants from Eastern Africa did NOT
trade across the Indian Ocean with people
from where? Who did East Africa NOT
trade with?
a) Arabia
b) America
c) Asia
d) Persia
e) India

7)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

What are the years of the 13th century?

0-13 C.E.
0-1300 C.E.
1102-1200 C.E.
1201-1300 C.E.
1301-1400 C.E.

8) What was an important city-state in East

Africa?
a) Athens
b) Delphi
c) Kilwa
d) Sparta
e) Troy
9) Why did the city-states in East Africa not
join together, making it easier for
Europeans to invade and conqueror
Africa in the 1500s?
a) Africa was never invaded and conquered
by Europeans.
b) Africans lived too far from each other.
c) Competed with each other for trade.
d) People in East Africa had a common
language.
e) People in East Africa had been from the
same group.
10)What is an African language that blended
Arabic and Bantu?
a) Arabic
b) Greek
c) Latin
d) Persian
e) Swahili
11) During the 19th century, the Shona settled
near what river in Southern Africa?
a) Congo River
b) Indus River
c) Limpopo River
d) Nile River
e) Niger River

12) The Shona Empire controlled what

present-day countries?
a) Botswana, Egypt, and Morocco
b) Libya, Egypt, and Morocco
c) Morocco, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe
d) Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe
e) The Shona Empire was NOT in Africa
13) What was the center of the Shona
Empire, located near key trade routes?
a) Bantu
b) Great Enclosure
c) Great Zimbabwe
d) Kilwa
e) Swahili
14) Why did Great Zimbabwe become
wealthy?
a) Great Zimbabwe taxed traders that
traveled on their trade routes located
between the mines in the west and
trading cities in the east.
b) Great Zimbabwe built a strong military,
and conquered the mines in the west and
the trading cities in the east.
c) Great Zimbabwe was the only place in
Africa people could trade gold and salt.
d) Great Zimbabwe was not wealthy, but had
a lot of knowledge because they built
libraries and universities.
e) None of the above.
15) It is estimated that at the peak of gold
trade how much gold was transported
through Great Zimbabwe?
a) 20 pounds
b) 200 pounds
c) 2,000 pounds
d) 20,000 pounds
e) No gold was transported through Great
Zimbabwe.
16) The Mutapa were part of what African
group?
a) Egyptian
b) Minoan
c) Roman
d) Shona
e) Sparta

17) In the 16th century, who conquered lands

that were controlled by the Mutapa?
a) Egypt
b) Germany
c) Great Britain
d) Portugal
e) Spain
18) The Kongo Empire settled near what
river in Africa?
a) Congo River
b) Limpopo River
c) Niger River
d) Nile River
e) Tiber River
19) What was the capital of the Kongo
Kingdom?
a) Cairo
b) Gao
c) Great Zimbabwe
d) Mbanza
e) Timbutku
20) What did the Kongo mine for during the
14th and 15th centuries to trade with
Portugal?
a) Copper and Iron
b) Copper and Gold
c) Copper and Salt
d) Iron and Gold
e) Iron and Salt

21) In 1506, Nzinga Mbemba became the

ruler of Kongo. What was the European
name of the Kongo ruler?
a) Afonso I
b) Alexander I
c) Charles I
d) George I
e) William I
22) What was the official religion of Kongo?
a) Islam
b) Judaism
c) Roman Catholicism
d) Eastern Orthodox
e) Kongo had no official religion

23) The capital of Kongo was changed to

what name?
a) Baghdad
b) Cairo
c) Cordoba
d) Sao Paulo
e) Sao Salvador
24) What did Kongo trade to Portugal that
caused the population of West Africa to
decrease?
a) Copper
b) Gold
c) Iron
d) Salt
e) Slaves

29) In the passage, what is revealed by the

scene Ibn Battuta witnesses and by his
reaction? (DO NOW 11/01/2016)
a) West Africans followed the Muslim
practice of keeping women and men
separate.
b) West African Muslims did not follow all
Islamic customs.
c) Ibn Battuta enjoyed the freedom of
society in Mali.
d) There were no devout Muslims in Mali.

25) Kongo had to ask Portugal for help to

defeat what neighboring kingdom in a
war?
a) Egypt
b) Jaga
c) Kilwa
d) Nubia
e) Shona
26) Why were the Berbers significant in the
history of West Africa? (DO NOW
11/01/2016)
a) They built great cities.
b) They established trade routes and spread
Islam.
c) They mined the gold that was traded for
salt.
d) They conquered Ghana and Mali.

27) How might the influence of Islam upon

the religious practices of West Africa be
summarized? (DO NOW 11/01/2016)
a) Islam was adopted eagerly by all.
b) Some adopted Islam, while others kept
traditional beliefs.
c) With time, fewer West Africans practiced
Islam.
d) More West Africans believed in animism
once Islam was introduced.

28) What did Muslim and West African

artists have in common? (DO NOW
11/01/2016)
a) They portrayed the human form
realistically.
b) They decorated everything with
calligraphy.
c) They used geometric designs in their art.
d) They both depicted their gods in
sculptures.

30) How did government in West Africa

change after the introduction of Islam?
(DO NOW 11/01/2016)
a) The influence of the Quran on West
African laws increased.
b) There was no change in West African
government.
c) The emperor was replaced by a caliph
who built a Muslim empire.
d) The government lost control of the goldsalt trade.

31) Which statement about language in

Africa is accurate? (DO NOW
11/02/2016)
a) West Africa was the only area without a
written language.
b) Some regions had written language;
others did not.
c) All groups in Africa had a writing system
and large libraries.
d) Africans depended on Egyptian
hieroglyphics to record their ideas.

32) Why did many West Africans learn

Arabic? (DO NOW 11/02/2016)
a) To communicate with each other
b) To write to other kingdoms
c) To study the Quran
d) To keep village records

33) Why were many Muslims able to obtain

positions in government? (DO NOW
11/02/2016)
a) They knew how to read and write.
b) They were friends of the king.
c) They controlled the trade.
d) They had previous government
experience.
34) What resulted from the introduction of
Arabic to West Africa? (DO NOW
11/02/2016)
a) More trade
b) Stronger governments
c) Greater literacy
d) The oral tradition
35) The development of Timbuktu into a
center of culture was the result of (DO
NOW 11/02/2016)
a) An interest in learning inspired by the
spread of Arabic.
b) Mansa Musas desire to rival Rome.
c) A need to find jobs for scholars and
artisans brought from Mecca.
d) An increase in trade in the Mali empire.

37) What function did stories serve in the

West African oral tradition? (DO NOW
11/03/2016)
a) They filled listeners in on current events.
b) Clans used stories to communicate news
to each other.
c) They entertained while preserving
history and traditions.
d) Stories passed on the language to the
young people of the clan.
38) Which of the following is comparable to
the role of the griot in West African
society? (DO NOW 11/03/2016)
a) Scientist
b) Military leader
c) Lawyer
d) Historian
39) According to the quotation on page 69,
griots were significant in West African
society because (DO NOW 11/03/2016)
a) the past they remembered was the key to
the future.
b) They knew many secrets that could not be
written down.
c) Few West Africans were skilled enough to
be griots.
d) They had known many kings who were
now dead.

36) Based on the passage above, a major

business in Timbuktu was (DO NOW
11/02/2016)
a) printing books.
b) selling books.
c) selling any kind of merchandise.
d) working for the king.

40) In what way might written and oral

versions of the same story be different?
(DO NOW 11/03/2016)
a) The written version would be longer and
include more details.
b) The oral version would change slightly
each time it was told.
c) The written version would have a
different ending.
d) The oral version would be more difficult
to understand.