CHAPTER 26 TEST QUESTIONS

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The rise in maritime trade in the early modern era in Africa
a. ironically led to a decrease in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
b. led to the consolidation in the largest imperial states in African history.
c. led to political chaos and the destruction of traditional African balance of power.
d. resulted in regional kingdoms replacing the imperial states of west Africa.
e. resulted in a new pattern in which the village became the principal political entity.
(p. 696)

2. In 1505 all the Swahili city-states were subdued by

a. the Portuguese.
b. the Spanish.
c. the Ottoman Turks.
d. the Dutch.
e. the English.
(p. 699)

3. The ruler of the kingdom of Kongo, Afonso I, converted to what religion and encouraged his subjects
to convert as well?
a. Islam
b. Antonianism
c. Christianity
d. Judaism
e. Buddhism
(p. 699)

4. The first European colony in sub-Saharan Africa was

a. Mozambique.
b. Angola.
c. Zimbabwe.
d. Kanem-Bornu.
e. Kongo.
(p. 702)

5. A trading post was built at Cape Town in 1652 by the

a. Portuguese.
b. Dutch.
c. Russians.
d. English.
e. French.
(p. 703)

6. This massive, fortified city in southern Africa dominated the gold trade in its region of the continent
until the late fifteenth century.
a. Mbanza
b. Cape Town
c. Ndongo
d. Great Zimbabwe
e. Jenne
(p. 703)

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7. The center of Islamic learning in west Africa was
a. Kilwa.
b. Jenne.
c. Gao.
d. Timbuktu.
e. Mbanza.
(p. 703)

8. Islam and Christianity usually spread into sub-Saharan Africa

a. because of the failure of Judaism to capture a larger audience.
b. solely because of military conquest.
c. as syncretic versions of the originals.
d. as an uneasy and cumbersome mixture of Islamic and Christian concepts.
e. as religions picked up by runaway slaves.
(p. 703)

9. During the early modern period in Africa, the basis of social organization continued to be
a. religious organizations of a syncretic nature.
b. kinship groups.
c. paramilitary organizations.
d. guilds.
e. a modern European-style nuclear family.
(p. 705)

10. The most important American crop introduced into Africa in the sixteenth century was
a. manioc.
b. tomatoes.
c. maize.
d. peanuts.
e. tobacco.
(p. 705)

11. Throughout most of history, the majority of slaves came from

a. religious obligations to traditional, usually animistic, gods.
b. traditional outcast portions of society.
c. the poor who were forced to sell themselves into servitude to repay huge debts.
d. renegade members of the royal family.
e. war captives.
(p. 706)

12. The arrival of the Europeans

a. halted the slave market because of Christian rules against slavery.
b. created a slave market where none had existed before.
c. dramatically increased previously existing slave networks.
d. had almost no influence on the slave networks.
e. dramatically decreased the number of Africans sold into slavery.
(p. 707)

13. The first European slave traders were the

a. English.
b. Spanish.
c. French.
d. Dutch.
e. Portuguese.
(p. 707)

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14. As part of the triangular slave trade, the Europeans usually picked up slaves in Africa in return for
a. firearms.
b. sugar or molasses.
c. silver from the Americas.
d. European technological innovations.
e. indentured servants.
(p. 707)

15. The vast majority of slaves

a. died during the middle passage.
b. were employed in the mines of Central and South America.
c. became domestic servants.
d. were trained for simple, bureaucratic work.
e. provided agricultural labor on plantations.
(p. 712)

16. The only place where a slave revolt actually brought about an end to slavery was
a. Peru.
b. Brazil.
c. Saint-Domingue.
d. Cuba.
e. Virginia.
(p. 714)

17. The first European nation to abolish the slave trade was
a. England.
b. Denmark. *
c. France.
d. Portugal.
e. Spain.
(p. 717)

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