Order Sub-Saharan Africa Discussion

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Order Sub-Saharan Africa Discussion
1. In the time of the Ghana Empire, trans-Saharan trade was especially
active in which two commodities?
(A) Amber and silver
(B) Gold and salt
(C) Ivory and animal skins
(D) Ebony and cowry shells
(E) Jade and exotic woods
2. All of the following were barriers to Africa’s economic development
EXCEPT
(A) the pervasiveness of disease-carrying insects
(B) the lack of navigable rivers
(C) the difficult geography
(D) the lack of natural resources
(E) all of the above
3. All of the following are major African cultures that originated after
100 CE EXCEPT
(A) Songhai
(B) Zimbabwe
(C) Mali
(D) Kush
(E) Kongo
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4. The ancient kingdom of Axum was located in present-day
(A) Ethiopia
(B) Kenya
(C) Tanzania
(D) Sudan
(E) Mali
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5. All of the following are true of the Bantu migrations EXCEPT that
(A) they took place over 2,000 years
(B) the Bantu took their knowledge of agriculture and iron metallurgy
with them
(C) the evidence for this expansion is primarily archaeological
(D) the Bantu moved to lands previously occupied by hunter-gatherers
such as the Khoisan
(E) they moved primarily south and east out of western Africa
326. Mansa Musa
(A) was a king of Ghana
(B) sacked Timbuktu in 1325
(C) lived in the 12th century
(D) made a famous hajj to Mecca
(E) distrusted learning as an impediment to holiness
327. The Kanem Empire
(A) was unusual in that most of its people did not convert to Islam
(B) exported ostrich feathers, slaves, and ivory
(C) controlled trade in the Cameroon-Congo region
(D) relied on a powerful infantry to dominate the region
(E) reached the apogee of its power in the 10th century
328. All of the following are true of Timbuktu EXCEPT that
(A) it is a town in present-day Mali
(B) it is located about 10 miles north of the Congo River
(C) it is noted for the Sankore Madrasa
(D) it flourished because of its location on trans-Saharan trading routes
(E) at one time, it had the largest library in Africa
329. All of the following are true regarding the city of Great Zimbabwe
EXCEPT
(A) its massive walls were built without mortar
(B) it flourished through trade with Axum to the north
(C) it profited from taxing traders from the gold fields of central Africa
(D) it traded with Asia through the city of Sofala
(E) its accomplishments were the subject of modern-day controversy
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10. The coffee bean first originated in present-day
(A) Ethiopia
(B) South Africa
(C) Ivory Coast
(D) Uganda
(E) Kenya
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