Unit 5/6 Islam and Africa Review

Mansa Musa, the monarch of the 14th century Mali, is MOST remembered for:

• his expansion of the gold trade into central and Southern Africa.
• defending his African kingdom from slave traders.
• his conversion to Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca.
• lending his massive military forces to the Arabs during the Crusades.

Early African kingdoms such as Ghana (800s-1000CE) and Mali (1200-1450CE) made most of their wealth by:

• trading salt for silk across the Indian Ocean.
• selling slaves to the Portuguese.
• raiding European ships sailing in the Atlantic.
• trading gold across the Sahara Desert.

What would Sundiata and Mansa Musa have in common?

• Both established a new kingdom in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Both made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
• Both ruled over the Mali Empire in Africa.
• Both converted to Christianity.

The African king Sundiata was responsible for:

• establishing the Mali empire.
• leading Zulu forces against England
• allowing the slave trade.
• converting Africa to Christianity.

What kingdom conquered the Mali Empire, built the cities of Timbuktu and Gao, and is considered the largest and most powerful of the ancient African kingdoms?

• Ghana
• Mali
• Askiya
• Songhai

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

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

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

• The Mediterranean Ocean
• The Red Sea
• The Nile River
• The Saharan Desert

The Swahili trading cities would have been MOST likely to have engaged in trade with:

• Spain
• Greece
• India
• Rome

The mountain-dwellers of North Africa, who served as the "middle man" of trade for the great trans-Saharan commerce, were the:

• Phoenicians
• Kurds
• Berbers
• Cathagenians

Though many Africans converted to Islam in the 13th and 14th centuries, many continued to attempt to avoid evil spirits and to appease the spirits of the dead relatives. These dual practices can be described as:

• witchcraft
• Sanataria
• polytheism
• syncretism