FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP WORLD SECTION 1.5

PDF Download

FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP WORLD SECTION 1.5

EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

This Exam contains:

-Guarantee passing score -53 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: What led to the abandonment of Zimbabwe?

Answer:

Overgrazing damaged the surrounding environment so residents of the capital city abandoned it by the end of the 1400s

Question 2: How did the king of Ghana rule?

Answer:

From Ghana's capital city, Koumbi Saleh, a centralized government aided by nobles and an army equipped with iron weapons Question 3: How did kingdoms on both the western and eastern side of Africa benefit from increased trade?

Answer:

Wealth, political power, and cultural diversity Question 4: What did the people of the Hausa ethnic group form sometime before 1000?

Answer:

The seven states, the Hausa Kingdoms, in present-day Nigeria

Question 5: What did most slaves do?

Answer:

Most did agricultural work and served in households

Question 6: What was the Hausa Kingdoms' government?

Answer:

They were loosely connected through kinship ties, but had no central authority

Question 7: When do historians believe Ghana was founded?

Answer:

During the 5th century, at least two centuries before the time of Muhammad

Question 8: What were kin-based networks?

Answer:

Families governing themselves, with a male head of the network, the chief, who mediated conflicts and dealt with neighboring groups

Question 9: Who did kings often seek counsel from regarding political matters?

Answer:

Griots

Question 10: What did kinship connections allow people to do?

Answer:

It allowed people to identify first as members of a family or clan

Question 11: What were griots, or storytellers?

Answer:

The conduits of history for a community, possessing knowledge of family lineages and the lives and deeds of great leaders

Question 12: What did about 15,000 people do during the Zanj Rebeliion?

Answer:

They successfully captured the city of Basra and held it for about ten years before being defeated

Question 13: What do most scholars believe about Mali's founding ruler, Sundiata?

Answer:

He was a Muslim and used his connections with others of his faith to establish trade relationships with North American and Arab merchants

Question 14: How did Zimbabwe build its prosperity?

Answer:

On a mixture of agriculture, grazing, trade, and gold

Question 15: What did Sundiata's nephew do?

Answer:

His nephew, Mansu Musa, made a pilgrimage to Mecca where his lavish displays of gold left a lasting impression Question 16: What were four kingdoms that practiced Islam, animism, and Christianity?

Answer:

Ghana, Mali, Zimbabwe, and Ethiopia

Question 17: Why did metalworkers create busts of past rulers?

Answer:

Ruling royalty could look to them for guidance

Question 18: How did Ethiopia express its power through architecture?

Answer:

They ordered the creation of 11 massive churches made entirely of rock

Question 19: What did Zanjs provide?

Answer:

They provided valuable labor on sugar plantations in Mesopotamia Question 20: Although people could not own land privately in many kin-based societies, what could they own?

Answer:

They could own other people, which increased their social status

Question 21: What were enslaved East Africans known as in Arabic?

Answer:

Zanj

Question 22: What were artists in Benin, West Africa famous for?

Answer:

Their intricate sculptures in bronze and iron

Question 23: What happened due to Hausa's kingdom's lack of central authority?

Answer:

They were frequently subject to domination from outside Question 24: Ghana rulers sold gold and ivory to Muslim traders in exchange for what?

Answer:

Salt, copper, cloth, and tools

Question 25: Who were often enslaved in Africa?

Answer:

Prisoners of war, debtors, and criminals Question 26: What resulted in an Indian Ocean slave trade between East Africa and the Middle East?

Answer:

A strong demand in the Middle East for enslaved workers

Question 27: When did Ghana reach its peak of influence?

Answer:

From the 8th to 11th centuries

Question 28: What caused Ethiopian Christianity to develop separately?

Answer:

It was separated from both the Roman Catholic Church of western Europe and the Orthodox Church of Eastern Europe