World Cultures West Africa TestName:

1) Name three powerful kingdoms that developed in West Africa?

2) Which African kingdom was located in the Niger River delta?

3) What was the basic source of wealth for the West African kingdoms?

4) Who was the West African ruler best remembered for adopting Islam?

5) Which West African city became the center of Islamic learning?

6) What does kinship mean?

Show the meaning of the term:7) city-state

8) lineage

9) clan

10) poligamy

11) The age-grade system served as a method ofa. choosing brides for young men.b. limiting warfare among rival villages.c. teaching children the values of their society.d. encouraging cultural diffusion.

12) A belief that many traditional African religions had in common was thata. diviners and healers were gods.b. people`s ancestors could help or harm them.c. a holy war was necessary to end corruption.d. polygamy was sinful.

13) How was it possible for the Asian traders to sail all the way to the East African city-states?

14) Name three East African city-states and identify the cause for their decline.

15) Where are Muslim religious services held?

16) How did villagers in rural Africa resolve their disagreements? .

17) What evidence shows that Zimbabwe was a powerful kingdom in the 1300s and 1400s?a. its large stone palacesb. the spread of Swahilic. the size of its shipsd. oral histories about its oba.

18) Name the five sacred pillars of Islam

19) Define animism.

20) What is a madrasah?

Bonus Question.

What is the difference between a bride wealth and a dowry?