West Africa Part 2

What were the two MOST desired commodities in ancient West Africa?

• cotton and rice
• rock salt and gold
• cattle and donkeys
• weapons and spices

What town became the center for Islamic scholarship and intellectual life?

• Gao
• Timbuktu
• Kumbi-saleh
• Morroco

Who was the famous king of Mali that spread Islam and took a hajj to Mecca?

• Sundiata
• Sunni Ali
• Mansa Musa
• Asoka the Great

What major river is key to thriving in West Africa?

• Nile River
• Niger River
• Indus River
• Tigris River

Who were the Berbers?

• specially trained soldiers from Ghana  
• desert traders who spread their theology
•  Europeans who took part in the slave trade  
• Buddhist missionaries who traveled to West Africa

What religion did the farmers and herders practice?

• Islam
• Christianity
• local African religions
• they did not have any religious practices

Who conquered Songhai with their advanced weapons?

• Mali
• Egypt
• Ghana
• Morocco

What is a griot?

• pilgrimage to Mecca
• group of traders that travel together
• storytellers who pass down oral history
• exchanging of goods without direct contact

What is a caravan?

• pilgrimage to Mecca
• group of traders that travel together
• storytellers who pass down oral history
• exchanging of goods without direct contact

Who practiced Islam in West African society?

• the farmers and herders
• the elite and people in the cities
• the royal family and the soldiers
• nobody practiced Islam, they practiced Christianity