Welcome to your Grade 11 History chapter 5
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Which West African city was specialized in iron working?
2.
Which Hausa city-state was the principal provider of slaves?
3.
By the 1500s, which Hausa city-state became the largest and most prosperous?
4.
The early presence of Islam in West Africa was primarily linked to what activity?
5.
Which dynasty was the first Negro people to accept Islam, as early as 850 A.D.?
6.
In the Trans-Saharan trade, which item was commonly loaded at Taghaza to be traded in the south?
7.
Who were the storytellers in West Africa who passed down history orally?
8.
What is the correct chronological order of the three major West African kingdoms?
9.
Which city was the most important center for trade and intellectual life in West Africa?
10.
What were the two most important items of trade in the West African kingdoms?
11.
The economy of most West African Kingdoms was primarily based on what?
12.
Which West African kingdom was the first to accept Islam in the 11th century A.D.?
13.
Who was the famous ruler of Mali known for his pilgrimage to Mecca and acceptance of Islam?
14.
Which trade route connected North Africa with Gao?
15.
What served as the uniform law for the people of Tekrur after they accepted Islam?
16.
Which geographic feature did the Trans-Saharan trade cross to connect North and West Africa?
17.
Which traveling merchants traded salt for forest gold and kola nuts in West Africa?
18.
Where were the salt deposits of Taghaza located?
19.
Which West African kingdom was situated on both banks of the Senegal River?
20.
What was the main reason for the fall of many West African Kingdoms?
21.
Which people developed an advanced maritime culture on the East Coast of Africa?
22.
Great Zimbabwe is a medieval center of civilization located in which region?
23.
Which forest kingdom in Central Africa was famous for its artistic achievements?
24.
What term did European colonizers use to wrongly describe Africa?
25.
Which group of people in Southern Africa developed advanced agricultural cultures?
26.
By 1200, all of the Swahili city-states had what type of rulers?
27.
What was the principal provision provided by the city of Zaria to the Hausa region?
28.
The Al-Murabitun (Almoravids) began their attack on Tekrur in which year?
29.
Which kingdom rose to prominence in what is now southern Nigeria during the 14th and 15th centuries?
30.
What did the North African Muslims intensify that predated Islam in West Africa?
