Chap 15 Societies and Empires of Africa

Which of the following was the chief means of social and political organization in African stateless societies?

• animism

• Islamic law

• lineage groups

• age-set systems

What did Africans mainly provide in the trade between East Africa and Asia?

• art works

• manufactured goods

• grains and produce

• raw materials

The Swahili language developed from a mixture of what languages?

• Chinese and Arabic languages

• Chinese and Bantu languages

• Arabic and Bantu languages

• Bantu and Egyptian

What did Portugal's interest in Africa mostly seem to concern?

• politics

• religion

• agriculture

• trade

The original Almohads and Almoravids were both part of which group?

• Arab peoples

• Swahili peoples

• Muslim reformers

• Bantu-speaking peoples

Which of the following places did NOT play an important role in the African trade between 800 and 1500?

• India

• China

• Persia

• Russia

How did the rulers of Ghana grow rich?

• by taxing the goods traders carried through their territory

• by conquering neighboring kingdoms and taking their gold

• by converting the country to Islam and appointing Muslims as advisers

• by building new trade routes to Asia

Who was Mali's first great leader?

• Mansa Musa

• Ibn Battuta

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

What people broke away from Mali's empire and gained control of the all-important trade routes?

• the Hausa

• the Yoruba

• the Songhai

• the Almohads

What city controlled trade routes and was the economic, political, and religious center of an empire?

• Kilwa

• Great Zimbabwe

• Sofala

• Mombasa