African Rulers and Society
True or False: In Ghana, drums were used to call the people to the king.
Who was Mali's most famous ruler?
Mansa Musa
True or False: Bantu villages were matrilineal.
True (meaning that ancestry was traced through mothers, not fathers)
What European country first captured African slaves?
Portugal
What was the earliest art form in Africa?
Rock painting
True or False: Before greeting the King, the subjects would pour hot water over their heads.
False. They would pour dust.
True or False: Mansa Musa required his subjects to practice Islam.
False. Mansa Musa let his subjects practice whatever religion they chose.
Hunting, fishing, growing plants, clearing fields for planting
Name two crops that were grown on plantations using slave labor.
Sugar, tobacco, rice, cotton
What are two types of American music that came from Africa?
Blues, spirituals, gospel, ragtime, jazz, rock n roll, rap
In Ghana, who would inherit the kingdom after the king dies?
Their nephew (not their son)
What city are Muslims expected to travel to once in their life?
Makkah (also called Mecca)
What is a lineage group?
An extended family that includes many generations
True or False: Some women in early Africa served as soldiers and political leaders?
True
What do you call the people who recorded history with storytelling?
Griots