Af. Am. Studies - From Slavery to Freedom Chapter 1 Review

Which climate zone primarily covers the northern part of Africa?

• Mediterranean

• Tropical rainforests

• Desert

• Highland

In what African ecological zone would one have found salt production in ancient Africa?

• The Sahara

• The Sahel

• The Savannah

• The forest region

When did the two waves of Bantu migration begin?

• around 2000 B.C.E.

• around 600 B.C.E.

• around 500 B.C.E.

• around 1500 B.C.E.

Africa''s roughly 2000 languages can be classified into how many linguistic groups

• 200

• 4

• 20

• 31

Before the discovery of the New World, what was Africa's most valuable trade item with both Arabs and Europeans?

• slaves

• ivory

• gold

• decorative items

Which group made up the majority of enslaved people in the Trans-Saharan slave trade?

• children

• men

• women

• All of these are correct; the ratios between adult and children were about equal.

Which great West African state emerged as a power around 1235?

• Mali

• Songhay

• Ghana

• Gao

Which Malian leader made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, with a huge entourage and an unprecedented display of wealth?

• Sundiata Keita

• Mansa Musa

• Tunka-Menin

• Al-Bakri

How did Africans survive after desertification? (select 2 correct answers)

• They didn't; a majority of African peoples died because of constant droughts and starvation.

• They moved to more lush parts of Africa that had ample farmland

• They adapted to their environment and gained new specializations

• They left Africa completely and assimilated into nearby Middle Eastern and Southern European societies

Why would the decentralized interior be a main access point for slaves?

Answer explanation

The decentralized interior of Africa is seen as a main access point for slaves because it was the easiest area to conquer because there no organized leadership of the area. When Europeans introduce more advanced weapons to Africa, complicit Africans began diving into parts of Africa that Europeans couldn't or wouldn't travel to and gathering Africans from there to trade in exchange for more weapons, exotic spices, sugar, etc. It was easiest to go into the parts of the continent that no kingdom made claim to because they were less likely to be attacked for taking people out of those areas.