Islam and West Africa Test Review

Which phrase best describes the savannah?

• a semi-arid region just south of the Sahara Desert

• an area of harsh desert in the north of the continent

• grasslands making up half of the African continent

• an area of fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast

Holy book of Islam?

• Sunnah
• Qur'an
• Souk
• Caravan

Who became the prophet of a new religion developed in Arabia called Islam? 

• Muhammad
• Moses
• Ibn-Sind
• Ibn-Rashd

a title that Muslims use for the highest leader of Islam

• caliph
• tolerance
• Shia
• Sunni

How did West Africans preserve their history before writing was introduced?

• Booksellers made marks with sharp sticks on wet clay.

• Painters made a long series of paintings like a comic strip

• Foreign visitors kept the only record of events in the region

• Griots memorized the stories and passed them down

What is the place of worship for Islam

• synagogue
• church
• mosque

An area in the desert with a water source

• canyon
• glacier
• peninsula
• oasis

"to make an effort" or "to struggle"

• Muslim

• Islam

• Jihad

• ethnic

Muslim traveler and historian

• Swahili

• Mansa Musa

• Sultan

• Ibn Battuta

The Songhai was led by which West African king?

• Askia the Great

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata

• Abd al-Malik