The document contains a 33 question African American history exam asking about topics such as ancient African empires like Ghana and Mali, important figures like Dignesh, the Sahara desert, Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics, Timbuktu, the transatlantic slave trade, and slave factories. It also includes questions about daily life in African villages, manhood training, how slave catchers captured people, and Goree Island.

1. Name: ___________________________ Date: 10/15/2009
African American History exam: Please answer the
following questions
1. Who was Dignesh?
2. Why is Dignesh important?
3. Where was Dignesh found?
4. What is the Sahara?
5. What is the name of the major river in Egypt?
6. What were Pharaohs?
7. Why were the pyramids built?
8. How many different pyramids can you name?
9. What are Hieroglyphics?
10.What does the darker area on this
map represent?
11.How large an army did Ancient Ghana have?
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2. 12.What natural resource did Ancient Ghana possess?
13.Is Ancient Ghana near Modern Ghana?
14. (EC) What is the top speed of a camel?
15.Who was the greatest King of Ancient Mali?
16.What was the major religion of Ancient Mali?
17.How did Ancient Mali make money? (2 possibilities)
18.What did Ancient Mali use to move trade goods?
19.What was the most important thing about Timbuktu?
20.Where was Timbuktu? Where is Timbuktu?
21.What is the most notable thing about Timbuktu?
22.What are the Timbuktu texts?
23. What does the term gendered mean in relation to work?
24. What does Patriarchy mean?
25.What does Matriarchy mean?
26.Describe an African village
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3. 27.(EC) Describe some of the things Kunta Kinte learned
during “Manhood training”?
28. How
did slave catchers catch people in order to sell
them?
29.Why did Africans participate in the slave trade?
30.What were “slave factories”?
31.In what part of Africa did most slave trading happen?
32.What has happened to the slave factories?
33.What is Goree Island?
wtlodge@philasd.org if you have questions.
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