Unit 3: Islam & Africa

North African traders crossed the Sahara to trade salt for

• gold
• food
• spices
• ivory

How did the rulers of Ghana grow rich?

• by taxing the goods traders carried through their territory
• by conquering neighboring kingdoms and taking their gold
• by building new trade routes to Asia
• by converting the country to Islam and appointing Muslims as advisers

Who was Mali's first great leader?

• Mansa Musa
• Ibn Battuta
• Sunni Ali
• Sundiata

What people broke away from Mali's empire and gained control of the all-important trade routes?

• the Hausa
• the Yoruba
• the Songhai
• the Almohads

Islam began to be practiced along the East African coast because

• Swahili leaders in the area were Muslim.
• Muslim Great Zimbabwe had conquered the area.
• many traders who visited the area were Muslim.
• Muslim Ethiopia had conquered the area.

What does Islam mean in Arabic?

• "one who has submitted"
• "there is no god but Allah"
• "submission to the will of Allah"
• "Muhammad is the messenger of Allah"

In what form of art can the greatest cultural blending of the Muslim world be seen?

• calligraphy
• architecture
• the decorative arts
• woodworking

What do Muslims believe about Muhammad?

• He was the last and greatest of the prophets.
• He was the only son of the one true God, Allah.
• He was the first and only prophet of Allah.
• He was a combination of god and man.

How did the Abbasids control their large empire?

•  through religious persecution
• through military governments
• through a strong bureaucracy
• through an elaborate reward system

Who replaced the last of the "rightly guided" caliphs?

• Sufis
• Fatimids
• Abbasids
• Umayyads