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Chapter 4: Heritage of Africa
Test Preparation
Use the following exercises to prepare for the Chapter 4 test on Monday, October 15th.
Key Terms: On the lines below, use each term in a sentence of your own. Be sure your sentence shows
that you know the meaning of the term.
1. polygamy
2. abolition
3. mosque
4. lineage
5. diaspora
6. subsistence farmer
7. elite
8. consensus
9. city-state
10. age grade
Reviewing Key Places: Briefly identify and describe the location of the following places.
11. Benin
12. Ghana
13. Mali
14. Songhai
15. Zimbabwe
Main Ideas: Correct the following false statements from Chap. 4, Section 2.
16. African societies were based on individuals making decisions for themselves.
17. Throughout most of Africa, the decisions of powerful rulers affected villagers’ everyday lives.
18. Many African societies permitted women to have up to four husbands at one time.
19. When an African woman married, her father offered the bridegroom cattle, tools, or other valuable
gifts.
20. Most African religions practiced the worship of many gods.
Reviewing Key People and Terms (from Section 3): Briefly explain the importance of each of the
following to the slave trade.
21. abolition
22. diaspora
23. Mirambo
24. Tippu Tib
Reviewing Key People: (from Section 4): Match the statements in Column I with the names in Column
II. Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided.
Column I
_____ 25. I reorganized the Zulu Army.
_____ 26. I was the first European to see the Zambezi waterfalls.
_____ 27. I led Belgium to victory and conquest in the Congo.
_____ 28. I led my people to victory over the Italians in 1896.
Column II
a. David Livingstone
b. Leopold II
c. Menelik II
d. Shaka