DL Chapter 09 (African Civilizations and the Spread of Islam)

Which of these spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa, helping to unite that portion of the continent?

• Arabic

• Swahili

• Yoruba

• Bantu

Which of these was founded by the Phoenicians in north Africa?

• Cyrene

• Tunis

• Carthage

• Cairo

Ifriqiya under the early Muslims referred to ________.

• north Africa

• Africa

• the Magrib

• Tunisia

Maghrib was the Arab word for ________.

• western north Africa

• Egypt

• Africa

• the Sahara

Which of these established a Muslim domain across the Sahara in 1130?

• Almoravids

• Abbasids

• Almohadis

• Umayyads

The kingdom of Ethiopia grew out of what earlier state?

• Egypt

• Nubia

• Axum

• Ghana

Lalibela was king of ________.

• Ghana

• Ethiopia

• Mali

• Tunisia

The juula were Malinke _______.

• kings

• religious experts

• merchants

• farmers

Sundiata was ruler of ________.

• Mali

• Ghana

• Songhay

• Kongo

Malinke griots were ________.

• warriors

• imams

• tribal leaders

• historians