Test Bank for From Slavery to Freedom 9th
by Franklin
, Chapter 1: Ancestral Africa
Multiple Choice
1. What linguistic group predominated in the region of north-central Africa?
a. Koisan
b. Afro-Asiatic
c. Nilo-Siharan
d. Niger-Congo
ANS: c
Page: 4
2. Scholars believe that, around 2000 B.C.E., speakers of which language spread from present
day Nigeria and Cameroon southward and eastward to make their language the most commonly
used one on the continent?
a. Akan
b. Yoruba
c. Kintampo
d. Bantu
ANS: d
Page: 4
3. The artifacts of the ancient Nok people of the Jos Plateau provide archaeological evidence of
all of the following EXCEPT
a. highly developed iron-making capabilities.
b. settled communities centered around agricultural production.
c. a written language used for administrative and economic records.
d. figurative terracotta sculptures.
ANS: c
Page: 4-5
4. What is an abrammuo?
a. a weight for measuring precious metals
b. a small sculpture used in religious ceremonies
c. a wind instrument similar to the modern flute
d. a headpiece worn by Ghanaian emperors
ANS: a
Page: 5-6
5. Before the fifteenth century C.E., what commodity did Arabs and Europeans most desire from
sub-Saharan Africa?
a. spices
b. slaves
c. gold
d. iron
ANS: c
by Franklin
, Chapter 1: Ancestral Africa
Multiple Choice
1. What linguistic group predominated in the region of north-central Africa?
a. Koisan
b. Afro-Asiatic
c. Nilo-Siharan
d. Niger-Congo
ANS: c
Page: 4
2. Scholars believe that, around 2000 B.C.E., speakers of which language spread from present
day Nigeria and Cameroon southward and eastward to make their language the most commonly
used one on the continent?
a. Akan
b. Yoruba
c. Kintampo
d. Bantu
ANS: d
Page: 4
3. The artifacts of the ancient Nok people of the Jos Plateau provide archaeological evidence of
all of the following EXCEPT
a. highly developed iron-making capabilities.
b. settled communities centered around agricultural production.
c. a written language used for administrative and economic records.
d. figurative terracotta sculptures.
ANS: c
Page: 4-5
4. What is an abrammuo?
a. a weight for measuring precious metals
b. a small sculpture used in religious ceremonies
c. a wind instrument similar to the modern flute
d. a headpiece worn by Ghanaian emperors
ANS: a
Page: 5-6
5. Before the fifteenth century C.E., what commodity did Arabs and Europeans most desire from
sub-Saharan Africa?
a. spices
b. slaves
c. gold
d. iron
ANS: c
