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Outside West African trading centers, how did most make their living?
Farming
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What major resource made the kingdom of Ghana a great trading state?
Gold reserves
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What is a dynasty?
A ruling family
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In 2004, this African nation was the world’s largest producer of gold and a major source of diamonds.
South Africa or Republic of South Africa
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What is contained in the Egyptian Book of the Dead?
A collection of writings about life and death
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These were the pens or walled enclosures in which Africans were held prior to being loaded aboard slave ships.
Barracoons
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In 2004, this African nation was the world’s largest producer of gold and a major source of diamonds.
South Africa or Republic of South Africa
200
What title is given to Hannibal, a North African General?
“Father of Military Strategy”
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What is the world’s largest desert, and where is it located?
Sahara; Northern Africa
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What is contained in the Egyptian Book of the Dead?
A collection of writings about life and death
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In some textbooks, Nubia is known by this name.
Kush
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Swahili is a language that is mainly spoken on which continent?
Africa
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What is a Kente cloth?
Ancient woven cloth that Ashantes of Ghana used in ceremonies.
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What did more than one wife indicate about a man in African society?
His wealth
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What is a Kente cloth?
Ancient woven cloth that Ashantes of Ghana used in ceremonies.
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What religion of Muhammad spread in Northern Africa in 600 A.D.?
Islam
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Who was the head of the West African household?
The father or husband
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The West African empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai owed the greatest part of their wealth to trade in what commodity?
Gold
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How did the Rosetta Stone help the world lean about ancient African history and culture?
It enabled scholars to translate the ancient Egyptian language.
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These were the pens or walled enclosures in which Africans were held prior to being loaded aboard slave ships.
Barracoons
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What African civilization had women in positions of leadership?
Nubia
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What were gifts to pay the bride’s family for loss of her labor called?
Brides wealth
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When the West African couple married, where did they live?
With the groom’s family
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How did West African men and women select their spouses?
Marriages were arranged by parents when children were young.
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What branch of mathematics did the ancient Africans develop?
Geometry