Module 5 West Africa Review

According to the map, Islam was the only religion practiced in which region?

• North Africa

• South Africa

• East Africa

• West Africa

According to the map, West Africa practices which religions?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Folk Religions (indigenous)

Arabs had to cross this geographic feature to trade with West Africa.

• Black Sea

• Madagascar

• Mediterranean Sea

• Sahara Desert

Although Timbuktu was known as a trade center, it later became more important as a city for Islamic learning.

• True

• False

Islam spread to West Africa because of...

• caliphs who demanded that West Africa be conquered.

• merchants who traveled across the desert.

• military conquest by Arab armies.

• sailors who accidentally sailed up the Senegal River.

Djenne was a trade city that was also known for its...

• craftsmanship.

• Islamic learning.

• military training.

• Shinto temples.

Regional trade cities grew around which major geographic feature?

• Ghana River

• Niger River

• Nile River

• Senegal River

The first, and smallest, of the West African Empires was...

• Ghana

• Kenya

• Mali

• Songhai

The Niger River was important to commerce because it helped merchants...

• farm their crops.

• learn Arabic by exposing them to Arab merchants.

• sail away from bandits.

• transport goods around the empire.

Which statement about regional commerce is true?

• salt came from the north, gold came from the west.

• salt came from the north, diamonds came from the west.

• gold came from the north, salt came from the south.

• ivory came from the north, gold came from the south.