Chapter 10: African Societies and Kingdoms 1000 b.c.e.–1500 c.e.
Quiz for Document 10-2: Fact and Fiction in an Account of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Correct. The answer is b. Al-Gharnātī drew some of his information from Greek sources, and much of that information, like the claim about headless people, was false.
Incorrect. The answer is b. Al-Gharnātī drew some of his information from Greek sources, and much of that information, like the claim about headless people, was false.
Correct. The answer is c. Al-Gharnātī respected the people of Ghana because they were very intelligent and went on the pilgrimage to Mecca, which was central to the Muslim faith.
Incorrect. The answer is c. Al-Gharnātī respected the people of Ghana because they were very intelligent and went on the pilgrimage to Mecca, which was central to the Muslim faith.
Correct. The answer is a. Al-Gharnātī claimed that the worst of the people of the Sudan were the Qūqū, partly because they shot people with poisoned arrows.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Al-Gharnātī claimed that the worst of the people of the Sudan were the Qūqū, partly because they shot people with poisoned arrows.
Correct. The answer is d. Al-Gharnātī believed the peoples of the Sudan, apart from the people of Ghana and the Qūqū, would be useful as slaves and laborers.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Al-Gharnātī believed the peoples of the Sudan, apart from the people of Ghana and the Qūqū, would be useful as slaves and laborers.