Islam and African Kingdoms

What barrier to trade separated the empires of Ghana and Mali from the trading center of Egypt? 

• the Red Sea
• the Nile River
• the Sahara Desert
• the Mediterranean Ocean

Which of these goods would have been LEAST likely to have traveled out of Africa towards Asia along the trans-Saharan trade route?

• gold

• salt

• spices

• ivory

Which African river is being shown on the map?

• Niger River

• Nile River

• Congo River

• Amazon River

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

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

The Ghana Empire (800s-1000s CE) grew rich from trading gold and salt in which trading network? 

• Silk Roads
• Trans-Saharan
• Trans-Atlantic
• Mediterranean Route

As African merchants traded with people in the Middle East prior to the 1500s, 

• many African states began to feel threatened by outside cultures and withdrew to isolation.
• Islam spread to west Africa and became the dominant faith.
• merchants brought back plagues that destroyed much of west African population.
• African states refused to meet world demands for slave populations.

What would be the BEST title for this map?

• The Spread of Islam
• The Elephant Migrations
• Trans-Sahara Trade Routes
• Barbarian Invasions of Africa

Which of the following statements explains how Islam was able to replace African religious beliefs?

• Christianity was prohibited in North Africa following war with Italy.

• Slaves from the south brought Islam with them during the slave trade.

• Traders in Africa had contact with Arabia and converted to Islam.

The Ghana Empire grew rich from which resources?

• Islamic Berbers
• camels and other livestock
• urban centers
• gold, ivory, and salt

In what order the three West African civilizations appear?

• Ghana -> Songhai -> Mali
• Songhai -> Mali -> Ghana
• Mali -> Ghana -> Songhai
• Ghana -> Mali -> Songhai