Byzantine, Islam and Africa Review

During the Songhai Empire, the Songhai people settled along the Niger River mainly because the river

• gave them fresh water to irrigate crops
• gave them access to the North Atlantic Ocean
• was a place where people could mine for gold
• enabled them to easily transport goods to trade

Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is a ____________________ religion

• Monotheistic
• Polytheistic

Which of the following book contains the sacred writings of Islam?

• the Torah
• the Bible
• The Qu'ran
• The Mahabarratta

The main west African group to become associated with long-distance trade was

• Berbers
• Wangara
• Maya
• Aztecs

There are two denominations of Islam.  Which of the following is not one of those denominations.  

• Sunni 
• Orthodox
• Shiite

As African merchants traded with people in the Middle East 

• many African states began to feel threatened
• Islam spread to west Africa
• merchants brought back plagues
• African states became poor

What three empires in western Africa flourished because of the trans-Saharan trade of gold and salt?

• Mali, Axum, Zimbabwe
• Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana
• Ghana, Mali, Songhai
• Timbuktu, Ethiopia, Mali

Which of these items is NOT one of the 5 principles of Islam?

• Prayer
• Almsgiving
• reaching nirvana
• fasting

Which of these two ways allowed Islam to spread throughout the Middle East and Africa?

• conquest and voting
• voting and luck
• random luck
• trade and conquest

What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire? 

• Istnabul
• Mecca
• Medina
• Constantinople