Hansson Africa Test

5 Written Questions

1. Why did Aksum fall?
2. a West African empire that flourished after Ghana fell and grew rich from trade.
3. The speakers of a related group of languages, who, beginning about 2000 years ago, migrated from West Africa into most of the Southern half of Africa.
4. A kingdom that arose near the Niger river delta in the 1300s and became a major West African state in the 1400s.
5. The belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects.

5 Matching Questions

1. Tsetse fly
2. Ghana
3. Migration
4. Kilwa
5. Ibn Battuta

1. a A historian and traveler, this devoted Muslim traveled to Mali and praised its justice system.
2. b A permanent move from one country or region to another.
3. c A deadly insect that keeps people from settling near the rainforest
4. d A major trading civilization that traded with India.
5. e Means "War Chief"

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Africa is the __________ largest continent in the world.
   1. Savanna
   2. second
   3. Sahara
   4. Nok
2. What was the capital city for the Almoravids and the Almohads?
   1. Marrakech
   2. Terraces
   3. Hausa
   4. Aksum
3. A mix of the original Bantu language and Arabic.
   1. Sahara
   2. Swahili
   3. Mali
   4. Sahel
4. When did the Aksum Empire reach its height?
   1. Sahara and Kalahari
   2. Modern Weapons
   3. Ife and Oyo
   4. Under Ezana, from 325 A.D. to 360 A.D.
5. When did Aksum fall?
   1. Yoruba
   2. Sahel
   3. Griot
   4. 632-750

5 True/False Questions

1. Islam → An African Kingdom, in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea, that reached the height of its power in the fourth century A.D.

   True        False

2. 6000 B.C. → What was the capital city for the Almoravids and the Almohads?

   True        False

3. Mutota → A West African storyteller.

   True        False

4. Hausa → Means "War Chief"

   True        False

5. The Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo → Who taught Ezana?

   True        False