Reference no: EM13456737

1. In Sudanese kingdoms, the religion of Islamic traders from North Africa:

A) Was embraced by the masses

B) was popular primarily with the rulers

C) Made deep changes in the legal system

D) Was forbidden by royal decree

2. In what is now southern Nigeria, during the 15th and 16th centuries, this great forest kingdom emerged as a major power:

A) Taghaz

B) Kanem-Bornu

c) Benin

d) Hausaland

 

3).In the southern Swahili city-states of East Africa, people undermined Portuguese dominance by

A) Launching a series of successful military campaigns

B) Holding out against Portuguese sieges

C) Calling on the aid of the Ottoman Empire

D) Deserting their towns and relocating in northern cities

 

4) In his 1776 Declaration of independence, Virginia delegate to the North American Continental Congress, Thomas Jefferson:

A) Claimed it was obvious that "all men are created equal."

B) Insisted that all men are born with "certain inalienable rights."

C) Argued that, among these rights, are the rights to social and economic euqality.

D) all of the above.

E) A&B only