Trans Saharan Trade Route

What religion did Mansa Musa practice?

• Islam
• Christiantity
• Animism

What did Mansa Musa give away on his journey to Mecca?

• gold
• sliver
• salt

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Which factor contributed to favorable interactions among Muslims, Jewish and Christian societies in Europe during the Crusades?

• a common written language
• a decline in farming production
• a mutual desire for profitable trade
• a religious expectation to recruit converts

What was the name of a major African city that was one of the world's most sophisticated centers of leaning and culture in the 15th and 16th centuries?

• Zimbabwe
• Zanzibar
• Timbuktu
• Alexandria

What is the spread of knowledge and ideas through trade called?

• Cultural impact
• Cultural diffusion
• Cultural infusion
• Cultural concentration

What animal was the most useful in the exchange of gold, silk, and salt?

• Camel
• Horse
• Elephant
• Alpaca

This desert in north Africa was crossed by traders moving salt and gold.

• Gobi
• Taklimakan
• Savana
• Sahara

The main river that the Ghana empire started around:

• Nile
• Niger
• Volta
• Tigris

What brought Islam to West Africa?

• War
• Trade
• Emporers
• Crusades

Who was Mansa Musa?

• First Emperor of Songhai
• Moroccan Muslim Traveler
• Greatest Ruler of Mali
• Griot

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