History Quiz

Which BEST describes society under the Fatimid Caliphate?

• Slavery ends after a revolution by mamluks.

• Christians and Jews enjoy religious toleration.

• Berbers suffer persecution.

• Scholars lost importance under a strict form of Islam.

How did the spread of Christianity and Islam affect East Africa?

Which BEST characterizes the spread of Islam from the Arabic peninsula to the Atlantic Ocean across northern Africa?

• Quick progress was made through the continent without any resistance.

• The desert region lacked occupants until Arabs began colonies.

• Overall, it spread rapidly with times of inactivity.

• Missionaries and foreign culture changed the region without warfare.

How did the spread of Islam affect the people of Egypt?

• They adopted the cultural characteristics of Arabic civilizations.

• They became more Coptic Christian over time.

• They repulsed Islam through a military alliance with the Berbers.

• They became more aligned with the Byzantine Empire.

Which BEST identifies continuity in the civilizations that occupied the Horn of Africa over time?

• The Mogadishu Sultanate issued coins and engaged in trading like Aksum.

• The Mogadishu Sultanate dominated the trade of gold throughout Africa.

• Aksum and the Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties adopted Islam.

• Aksum refused to trade with Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Which BEST describes the Kush civilization of northeastern Africa?

• avoided ancient Egyptian traditions

• the unique culture of an island

• culturally associated with Egypt

• resisted combining with Egypt into a state

Which ruled all of northern Africa as part of its large empire?

• Umayyad Caliphate

• Kush

Which BEST describes the Aksum Empire?

• The empire converted to Buddhism while trading with ancient Rome.

• The empire's trade with Rome and Byzantium brought wealth.

• The empire converted to Islam due to Nubian religious leaders from Kush.

• The empire's lack of agricultural resources forced it to trade.

What MOST contributed to the decline of the Aksum Empire?

• a civil war between tribal groups

• the arrival of European explorers and traders

• the loss of trading routes to Islamic caliphates

• a religious war between Christianity and Islam

How was the Aksum Empire different from the Ethiopian Empire of the Solomonic dynasty?

• The Ethiopian Empire traded more with European traders than Aksum.

• The Ethiopian Empire was more isolated from other countries.

• Aksum maintained its traditional religious beliefs while Ethiopia converted.

• Aksum relied more on agriculture while Ethiopia relied more on trade.