AP African American Studies Practice Questions - AP African American Studies Exam - AP African American Studies Practice Questions

Question 1

The kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, which flourished in West Africa before the transatlantic slave trade, built much of their wealth and political power on control of which key economic activity?

Trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt, and other goods Long-distance ocean shipping across the Atlantic Plantation agriculture dependent on imported labor Industrial manufacturing of textiles and iron tools

Correct Answer:

Trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt, and other goods

Question 2

A source describes a 14th-century West African ruler whose pilgrimage to Mecca distributed so much gold that it disrupted economies along his route. This ruler is most likely:

Sundiata Keita Mansa Musa Askia Muhammad Shaka Zulu

Correct Answer:

Mansa Musa

Question 3

The term 'African diaspora' as used in the course most precisely refers to:

The internal migration of peoples within the African continent A single ethnic group that originated in East Africa The dispersal of peoples of African descent and their descendants across the globe, largely through the slave trade The spread of Islam across North and West Africa

Correct Answer:

The dispersal of peoples of African descent and their descendants across the globe, largely through the slave trade

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the diversity of African societies before sustained European contact?

Africa was politically and culturally uniform, with one shared language and religion African societies had no contact with the wider world before Europeans arrived Africa consisted only of small, isolated villages with no large-scale political organization Africa contained a wide range of states, languages, religions, and economic systems, from large empires to smaller kinship-based societies

Correct Answer:

Africa contained a wide range of states, languages, religions, and economic systems, from large empires to smaller kinship-based societies

Question 5

Timbuktu, located in the Mali and later Songhai empires, became especially renowned as a center of:

Islamic scholarship, manuscripts, and trade Naval shipbuilding and Atlantic exploration European colonial administration Iron weapons manufacturing for export to Europe

Correct Answer:

Islamic scholarship, manuscripts, and trade

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