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Chapter 14 Quiz
Patterns of State Formation in Africa, 600–1450 CE
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In the 400s, Nubian chiefs established three small kingdoms that prospered in large measure as a result of the rapid spread of ________________.
gold mining operations
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cattle farming
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animal-driven waterwheels
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crop rotation
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_________________missionaries converted the Nubians to Christianity.
Roman
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Persian
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Greek
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Egyptian
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During the period ____________, Nubia was a Christian kingdom along the middle Nile in the Sahara and sub-Saharan steppe.
1500-1700
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600-1250
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1300-1500
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200-400
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Power remained largely decentralized after the unification of the three Nubian kingdoms, with an appointed official called a(n) ______________, who governed the northern subkingdom.
eparch
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mbira
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saqqiya
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thema
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Unlike________________, where kings appointed church officials, the Coptic patriarchs of Alexandria appointed the bishops, and these would remain independent from kings.
Armenia
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Catholic Europe
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Ghana
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India
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A source of income for kings and eparchs in Nubia was ____________.
taxing nomadic tribes
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long-distance trade
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taxing the Coptic Church
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monopolies on gold and salt production
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Which Egyptian dynasty conquered Nubia in the thirteenth century CE?
The Fatimids
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The Umayyads
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The Mamluks
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The Abbasids
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Nubian churches were outposts of the____________.
Nestorian Christian Church
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Roman Catholic Church
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Greek Orthodox Church
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Egyptian Coptic Church
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The kings of Aksum and the patriarch of the Coptic Church abandoned the capital perhaps as early as the_____________ and reestablished themselves in a modest chiefdom with better agrarian resources farther south.
mid-600s
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mid-800s
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mid-400s
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mid-1000s
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The Zagwe kingdom was synonymous with "Ethiopia" or___________.
"Armenia"
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"Abyssinia"
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"Anatolia"
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"Etruria"
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Under the Zagwe kings, the conversion of the peoples in the central and southern highlands to Christianity____________.
was immediately abandoned
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was shifted to the east
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was resumed
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was eventually abandoned
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Under a king ruling by divine right, Ethiopia was a confederation of:
vassal kingdoms.
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provincial lords.
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satellite religions.
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independent empires.
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In 1270, a new dynasty of kings, the_____________, emerged some 300 miles south of Aksum, in the region of today's capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa:
Tigrays
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Tewodros
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Mapungubwe
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Solomonids
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The religious heritage of the Solomonids still lives on among Afrocentric Christians on the island of
Cuba
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Sicily
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Jamaica
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Madagascar
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According to the official foundation narrative, the kings of Aksum were not only the descendants of the Queen of Sheba and the Israelite King Solomon but also the heirs to the Israelite __________________.
Ark of the Covenant
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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Torah
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Old Testament
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What did the Solomonid King Amada Seyon initiate in the fourteenth century?
Close ties with the Mamluks of Egypt.
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The conversion of Ethiopia to Islam.
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Holy war in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Long distance trade with Hindu kingdoms in south India.
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What facilitated sea voyages between Africa, the Middle East, and India?
New ship technology
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Monsoonal winds
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The Chinese compass
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Maps from India
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During the period 600-1450, the Swahili people emerged as an indigenous African population of:
Christians
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warriors
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merchants
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Muslims
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Coastal East African villagers, having adapted themselves to long-distance trade with the_______________, eventually evolved into an urban society, with religious scholars, sailors, fishermen, and farmers based in small port cities.
Muslim merchants
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Buddhist mercenaries
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Frankish crusaders
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English pirates
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Swahili _____________were Muslims claiming Middle Eastern descent and, by virtue of profiting from long-distance trade with the countries around the Indian Ocean, either ascended to the throne of their cities as kings or governed their cities in a council along with their peers.
high priests
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elders
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patricians
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mullahs
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The earliest Muslim merchants in East Africa were primarily interested in the______________, a profitable enterprise in the Islamic empire.
spice trade
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slave trade
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manufacturing trade
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mining trade
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__________descent is the possession of genealogy going back to the Prophet Muhammad.
Shiite
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Ummayad
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Sharifian
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Swahili
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The __________________ of southern Africa was the first region of the interior where a pattern of increasing wealth and population density became visible, during the period 600-1505.
Zimbabwean Plateau
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Namib Desert
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Okavango Delta of Botswana
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Southern highlands of Mozambique
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The kingdoms of ________________ and Great Zimbabwe represent examples African kingship.
Ghana
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Malinke
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Ashanti
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Mapungubwe
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The earliest evidence for the existence of permanent agricultural and fishing settlements around Lake Upemba in central Africa points to the period around____________.
300 CE
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100 BCE
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800 CE
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1300 CE
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Village formation expanded across the _______ and northern savanna from 600 BCE to 600 CE.
plains
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Sahel
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grasslands
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Gold Coast
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The kingdom of ancient Ghana emerged in the 600s as a chief from the ___________ declared himself king in Wagadu.
Soninke
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Khariji
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Berber
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Luba
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The Empire of Mali was founded by Malinke King_____________.
Solomon
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Sundiata
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Musa I
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Sandaki
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Mali's supply of _________ enjoyed an increased demand in the Islamic realm on the other side of the Sahara.
spices
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emeralds
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diamonds
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gold
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______________was the most famous ruler of Mali and a staunch promoter of Islamic culture, science, and religion, especially in the city of Timbuktu.
Mahmud IV
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Mansa Musa
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Maghan II
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Mandinke
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The earliest of the rainforest village clusters to urbanize, Ife was the spiritual center of the _________ ethnic group and its oral traditions.
Edo
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Swazi
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Zulu
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Yoruba
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Some of the later rainforest kingdoms achieved great feats of engineering, including elaborate moats and ramparts, the most famous of which is Ijebu´s:
Kasubi Tombs
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"Sungbo's Eredo"
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Djinguereber Mosque
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"The Forbidden City"
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The map above shows important trade routes in northeast Africa and the Middle East. Who played an important role in trade in this region?
Italian merchants
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Chinese merchants
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Indian merchants
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Muslim merchants
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According to the map above, what goods from the African interior went to Kilwa?
Ivory
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Gold
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Slaves
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Sugar
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What African people produced the shrine head pictured above?
The Soninke
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The Berber
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The Batu
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The Yoruba
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