Chapter 17 Quiz A with Explanations

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. How did most western Africans make a living in the early modern period?

Long-distance trade correct incorrect

Hoe agriculture correct incorrect

Fishing correct incorrect

Gathering and hunting correct incorrect

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. What acted as a deterrent to animal herding in certain sections of western Africa?

The tsetse fly correct incorrect

Nomadic raiders correct incorrect

Malaria correct incorrect

Wild animals correct incorrect

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. The economic vitality of Mali and Songhai was based on the control of gold fields along the Niger River and trade routes terminating at the city of

Mina. correct incorrect

Cairo. correct incorrect

Timbuktu. correct incorrect

Ife. correct incorrect

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. What did West African leaders see as a more important commodity than land?

Labor correct incorrect

Salt correct incorrect

Iron correct incorrect

Horses correct incorrect

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. The Songhai Empire reached its height in the early sixteenth century under the leadership of

Nzinga Mbemba. correct incorrect

Muhammad Touré. correct incorrect

Mansa Musa. correct incorrect

Sunni Ali. correct incorrect

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. What was a major source of revenue for the fifteenth-century kingdom of Benin?

Gold mining correct incorrect

Sculpture manufacturing correct incorrect

Saharan trade correct incorrect

Textile production correct incorrect

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. During the early modern period, which West African people possessed a matrilineal society?

Benin correct incorrect

Yoruba correct incorrect

Akan correct incorrect

Pygmy correct incorrect

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. What was a source of political power in West Central Africa during the early modern period?

Control of trade goods and routes to the interior correct incorrect

Access to European weapons correct incorrect

Possession of gold fields and salt mines correct incorrect

Ownership of agricultural land and slaves correct incorrect

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. Starting in the fifteenth century, what goal did the Portuguese have in Africa?

To conquer large empires correct incorrect

To control maritime trade routes correct incorrect

To develop a plantation economy correct incorrect

To establish a state in Central Africa correct incorrect

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. The expansion of slavery in the sixteenth century was linked to greater demand in the Americas and

an increase in supply in Africa due to warfare. correct incorrect

the building of more fortified trading posts by the Portuguese. correct incorrect

more European powers participating in the African trade. correct incorrect

a greater supply due to the decline of slavery in the Islamic world. correct incorrect

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. As the Portuguese lost control of the slave trade in West and northern West Central Africa by 1650, they began to focus the trade from their remaining bases in Angola and Kongo to

North America. correct incorrect

the Caribbean. correct incorrect

the Canary Islands. correct incorrect

Brazil. correct incorrect

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. In the late fifteenth century, the Portuguese were successful in converting the nobility of what African kingdom?

Benin correct incorrect

Matamba correct incorrect

Kongo correct incorrect

Ndongo correct incorrect

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. What was the role of the Imbangala in the Angolan slave trade?

They were warriors who fought to prevent Portuguese slavery. correct incorrect

They were warrior-bandits who supplied the Portuguese with slaves. correct incorrect

They controlled the processing of slaves at the port of Luanda. correct incorrect

They captured slaves from the Portuguese to sell to the Spanish. correct incorrect

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. About how many slaves were sent to the Americas from West Central Africa between 1519 and 1867?

Five million correct incorrect

Two million correct incorrect

Nine million correct incorrect

Twelve million correct incorrect

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. Which country played the most significant role in the ending of the Atlantic slave trade in the first half of the nineteenth century?

France correct incorrect

Denmark correct incorrect

Great Britain correct incorrect

Spain correct incorrect

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. With an average return of ten percent for investors, the Atlantic slave trade contributed to

the ever-growing gap between the classes. correct incorrect

growing investment in African colonies. correct incorrect

increasing competition among European states. correct incorrect

European economic expansion. correct incorrect

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. Which American plantation products were increasingly used to purchase slaves in Africa at the beginning of the eighteenth century?

Copper and iron correct incorrect

Rum and tobacco correct incorrect

Silver and gold correct incorrect

Cotton and sugar correct incorrect

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. In what type of environment do the Pygmies of West Central Africa live?

Desert correct incorrect

Mountain highlands correct incorrect

Tropical rain forest correct incorrect

Savanna correct incorrect

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. What contributed to Bantu and Pygmies living in closer proximity to one another after 1500?

The introduction of iron tools and banana cultivation began to change Bantu settlement patterns. correct incorrect

The migration of Pygmy groups into Bantu agricultural villages led to cross-cultural exchanges. correct incorrect

Pressure from European slavers caused Bantu peoples to migrate to the rain forest. correct incorrect

The collapse of the rain forest ecosystem due to climatic changes forced Pygmy groups to move into Bantu territory. correct incorrect