Question 1

Islam was most popular in sub-Saharan Africa in

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A)   the thinly populated rural areas of west Africa.
B)   the commercial centers of west Africa and the Swahili city-states of east Africa.
C)   areas that had previously had contact with Christian missionaries.
D)   poor areas,where payment for conversion had the greatest appeal.
E)   areas that had forsaken the traditional religions because of famine or plague.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Examine the slave trade.Discuss its African and trans-Saharan roots.What were the economic foundations of the slave trade? Examine the middle passage of the slave trade.Discuss the nature of the journey.What percentage survived the journey?

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The slave trade had its roots in both Af...

Question 3

The last country in the Americas to emancipate slaves was the United States,in 1865.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Like Islam,Christianity would not make compromises with the traditional beliefs and customs of sub-Saharan peoples.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The founder of the religion that stressed that Jesus Christ had been a black man and that Kongo was the true holy land was

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A)   Dona Beatriz.
B)   King Pedro IV.
C)   Nzinga Mbemba.
D)   Queen Nzinga.
E)   Olaudah Equiano.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

How many Africans were forcefully brought to the Americas as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?

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A)   less than one million
B)   one million
C)   two million
D)   four million
E)   twelve millionF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 7

The arrival of Europeans

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A)   halted the slave market,because of Christian rules against slavery.
B)   created a slave market where none had existed before.
C)   dramatically increased previously existing slave networks.
D)   had almost no influence on the slave networks.
E)   dramatically decreased the number of Africans sold into slavery.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

The most important American crop introduced into Africa in the sixteenth century was

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A)   manioc.
B)   tomatoes.
C)   maize.
D)   peanuts.
E)   tobacco.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 9

Examine the changing nature of African political development in Songhay,the Swahili city-states,and the kingdom of Kongo.Who were the main leaders? What were the most important turning points?

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Question 10

Besides religion,what other changes came to sub-Saharan Africa as a result of increased contact with the outside world?

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Increased contact with the outside world...

Question 11

Slaves resisted in numerous ways: slow work,sabotage of equipment,running away,and slave revolts.

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A) True 
 B)False

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