Chapter 14 The Influence of Islam on West Africa

What first brought Islam to West Africa?

• crusades

• war

• empires

• trade

Mali first appeared on a European map in 1339. What does its appearance there

reflect?

• Europeans had started visiting Mali.

• Mali had become an important empire.

• Europeans had only recently started selling African maps.

• Mali had only recently starting trading with Europeans.

What would be the best title for this list of changes?

The line of succession became patrilineal.

The government became more centralized.

West Africans adopted shari'ah.

• Islam's Effects on Qur'anic Laws

• Islam's Effects on West African Governments

• Causes of the Fall of the Empire of Ghana

• Causes of the Fall of Mansa Musa

What was the most important feature of education in Muslim West Africa?

• It led to many new inventions.

• It included both boys and girls.

• It took place in Timbuktu.

• It was based on studying Islam.

How did people of West Africa maintain their native languages?

• They prayed in their native languages.

• They spoke their native languages in daily life.

• They used their native languages for trading.

• They did not maintain their native languages.

West Africans built mosques that blended Islamic architectural style with their own traditional religious art. This shows

• that Islamic architecture gradually overpowered traditional West African arts.

• that Islamic architecture was more attractive than West African

  architecture.

• how West Africans adapted Islam to their own cultures.

• how West Africans struggled against Islamic culture.

What is one artistic form that both West Africans and Muslims valued even before their cultures met?

• robes with long sleeves

• buildings with flat roofs

• geometric designs

• Arabic calligraphy

Which statement best describes what happened when Islam came to West Africa?

• Only a few West Africans accepted Islam.

• Many West Africans kept some of their old customs.

• Most West Africans discarded all of their old customs.

• All West Africans practiced some parts of Islam.

Which of the following is an example of Islam's influence on West African law?

• the adoption of shari'ah

• a decentralized government

• the acceptance of unwritten laws

• a matrilineal line of succession

What West African city was known for its universities?

• Taghaza

• Constantinople

• Jenne-jeno

• Timbuktu