[ 401 ] Geography and the World GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW _____________ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1965. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The kingdom of Benin, in the area around present-day Nigeria, produced remarkable brass (often called bronze by Europeans) artwork from the twelfth century to the seventeenth century. On this plaque, the king (oba) rides sidesaddle. He is supported by the hands of two servants and protected from the sun by their shields. Based on this bronze, which conclusion can be made most fairly? a. Draft animals were nonexistent in West Africa. b. West Africans understood principles of metallurgy. c. Benin artists did not comprehend the difference between bronze and brass. d. Civilization in Benin was far more advanced than in the rest of West Africa.