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Chapter 21, Lesson 2

Quiz by LeighAnne Goff

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  • Q1
    What allowed the Bantu people to move into areas occupied by hunter-gatherer groups?
    domesticated camels
    their farming practices
    trade with other groups of people
    a shared language
    30s
  • Q2
    What was a barrier to contact between people of West Africa and North Africa?
    Sahara
    Air Massif
    Sahel
    Niger River
    30s
  • Q3
    What did wealthy North African Muslim traders want from the people of West Africa?
    diamonds and emeralds
    ivory and camels
    salt and gold
    gold and converts to Islam
    30s
  • Q4
    During the Middle Ages, which was the first powerful trading kingdom in West Africa?
    Songhai
    Ghana
    Mali
    Almoravid
    30s
  • Q5
    Which empire reached its height under the emperor Mansa Musa?
    Almoravid
    Mali
    Ghana
    Songhai
    30s
  • Q6
    In 1787, the British founded the colony of Freetown as a safe haven for which group?
    Nigeria
    Liberia
    Sierra Leone
    Mali
    30s
  • Q7
    In 1869, Europe's interest in Africa increased due to the discovery of what in South Africa?
    oil
    fertile land
    gold
    diamonds
    30s
  • Q8
    At the Berlin Conference, what did European countries decide to do in Africa?
    build empires by carving up and taking political control of African lands for themselves
    tax trade goods of coffee and cocoa grown in West Africa
    fund secondary schools and universities in the region
    abolish the trade of enslaved people
    30s
  • Q9
    West African colonies began gaining independence in the late what decade?
    1950s
    1930s
    1940s
    1960s
    30s
  • Q10
    Since it established a multiparty democracy in 1992, which country has become a model of political reform in West Africa?
    Nigeria
    Sierra Leone
    Gambia
    Ghana
    30s

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