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AFST 235 Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2025/2026 Hominids - ANSWERSAlso known as the first humans "Southern ape men" 3.4 million years ago Lived in africa First to make simple stone tools Brain about 75% smaller than modern humans - ANSWERSDescribe Australopithecus Also known as "handy man" 1-4 million years ago Brain 50% smaller than us More sophisticated in search for food - ANSWERSDescribe homo habilis Australopithecus They competed for food and...

AFST 235 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2025/2026 Australopitheaus - ANSWERSFirst to use simple stone tools. Homo Habilis - ANSWERS"Handy man" -More sophisticated in search for food -50% smaller brain What was King Menes known for? - ANSWERSUniting upper and lower Egypt, beginning the first and longest dynasty in history What was the significance of the Rosetta Stone? - ANSWERSIt allowed for the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. What did M'aat represent? ...

AFST 235 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2025/2026 Identify unique features of Aksumites at the height of its prosperity depicted in its culture of monument building - ANSWERSincorporated the traditions of building with stone along with carvings on them. Agricultural revolution and people's dependence on agricultural produce for their sustenance led to what key impact? - ANSWERSthe development of various religious practices centered around their farming needs and animals. She was an imp...

AFST 235 Exam 3 Ch. 10 + 12 Final Questions & Answers 2025/2026 Great Zimbabwe - ANSWERSWas built between , and was abandoned more than 500 years ago. Was built by the iron age ancestors of the Shona (republic of Zimbabwe). Is the capital of the Shona State. What is the capital of the Shona state? - ANSWERSGreat Zimbabwe What is modern day Zimbabwe named after? Is it the same as Great Zimbabwe? - ANSWERSIt is named after the stone enclosure. No, they are different republics/kingdoms. ...

AFST 235 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Rated A+ original Rice Coast - broad area of West Africa where rice cultivation is essential to cultural identity and subsistence new Rice Coast - traditions of rice cultivation brought from West Africa to US low country south women - the traditional role of rice cultivation is on rice cultivation - a complex knowledge system brought to the americas by enslaved West Africans rice cultivation/research bias - scholars have routinely ...

AFST 235 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Rated A+ In what year was the Zagwe dynasty seized by the Aksumite line of Kings? - 1150 What church was Ethiopia considered to be part of? - The Ancient archdiocese of Alexandria What were monasteries built from? - Mud, brick, pole, and thatch. What Brought the eastern coast of Africa into closer contact with Muslim Indian Trading - The shift of trade away from the Red Sea towards the Persian Gulf What advantage did the Zagwe dyn...

AFST 235 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ Zanj (Zenj) was the Arabic term for - the East African coast Arabic writer, Al-Masudi during the 10th century describes the peoples of this land in the quotation below [They]... have an elegant language and men who preach in it. One of their holy men will often gather a crowd and exhort his hearer to please God in their lives and to be obedient to him. He explains the punishments that follow upon disobedience, and reminds t...

AFST 235 Exam 2 Guyo Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ In what areas did the Kingdom of Mali develop most during the fourteenth century under King Mansa Musa. - Islamic learning, trade and architecture The West Africa Squadron was responsible for what during the ending of Trans-Atlantic slave trade. - seizing ships involved in slave trade to abolishing of the trans-Atlantic slave trade while patrolling the west coast of Africa Identify the name of West African Kingdom that u...