MWH Midterm Exam questions with
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Sahara - correct answer ✔✔desert, no rain caused no farming + no food= not habitable
Sahel - correct answer ✔✔transitional, little rain + farming
Savanna - correct answer ✔✔majority of Africa, rich grassland + consistent rain
most of Africa's population located here
Animism - correct answer ✔✔natural world was inhabited by spirits
Griot - correct answer ✔✔African story-telling musician
inherits position from past family members (father to son)
mostly for entertainment purposes
Ghana - correct answer ✔✔800-became huge empire built on gold, converted to Islam in 11th
century
Mali - correct answer ✔✔1235- huge empire built on gold (like Ghana)
Sundiata was emperor of this empire, huge army of 100,000 men
promoted agriculture
, Mansa Musa - correct answer ✔✔Sundiata's nephew, took over Mali Empire after his uncle's
death
history's richest man through salt trade
great military of 100,000 men
Ibn Battuta - correct answer ✔✔Moroccan explorer known for his extensive travels throughout
the Middle East, Africa, and Asia
Swahili - correct answer ✔✔A Bantu language with Arabic words, spoken along the East African
coast
Great Zimbabwe - correct answer ✔✔Stone enclosure, a Shona Empire built on gold trade
thrived on taxing traders who went through their route
Mutapa Empire - correct answer ✔✔Southern African empire established by the leader Mutota
Allah - correct answer ✔✔God of Islam
Muhammad - correct answer ✔✔Arab prophet; founder of Islam
Islam - correct answer ✔✔Peace through submission to the will of Allah
Muslim - correct answer ✔✔A follower of Islam
Hijrah - correct answer ✔✔Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622
mosque - correct answer ✔✔Muslim place of worship
complete solutions A+ rated (latest
update)
Sahara - correct answer ✔✔desert, no rain caused no farming + no food= not habitable
Sahel - correct answer ✔✔transitional, little rain + farming
Savanna - correct answer ✔✔majority of Africa, rich grassland + consistent rain
most of Africa's population located here
Animism - correct answer ✔✔natural world was inhabited by spirits
Griot - correct answer ✔✔African story-telling musician
inherits position from past family members (father to son)
mostly for entertainment purposes
Ghana - correct answer ✔✔800-became huge empire built on gold, converted to Islam in 11th
century
Mali - correct answer ✔✔1235- huge empire built on gold (like Ghana)
Sundiata was emperor of this empire, huge army of 100,000 men
promoted agriculture
, Mansa Musa - correct answer ✔✔Sundiata's nephew, took over Mali Empire after his uncle's
death
history's richest man through salt trade
great military of 100,000 men
Ibn Battuta - correct answer ✔✔Moroccan explorer known for his extensive travels throughout
the Middle East, Africa, and Asia
Swahili - correct answer ✔✔A Bantu language with Arabic words, spoken along the East African
coast
Great Zimbabwe - correct answer ✔✔Stone enclosure, a Shona Empire built on gold trade
thrived on taxing traders who went through their route
Mutapa Empire - correct answer ✔✔Southern African empire established by the leader Mutota
Allah - correct answer ✔✔God of Islam
Muhammad - correct answer ✔✔Arab prophet; founder of Islam
Islam - correct answer ✔✔Peace through submission to the will of Allah
Muslim - correct answer ✔✔A follower of Islam
Hijrah - correct answer ✔✔Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622
mosque - correct answer ✔✔Muslim place of worship
