African Empires & Rise of Islam

West African empires were in a perfect spot to trade because they were in between 2 important natural resources:

• oil and cotton

• silver and gold

• gold and rice

• gold and salt

List the 3 West African kingdoms in chronological order.

• Ghana, Mali and Songhai

• Mali, Songhai and Ghana

• Songhai, Ghana and Mali

• Ghana, Songhai and Mali

What religion spread throughout the region through Arab traders?

• Judaism

• Islam

• Animism

• Christianity

Mansa Musa was a devoted follower of ______________ who helped spread the religion throughout the kingdom.

• Islam

• Swahili

• Salt

• Bantu

Great civilizations in West Africa arose along the ________________ River

• Sahara

• Bantu

• Nile

• Niger

What major landform did many of the trade routes between Western Africa and the Mediterranean have to cross?

• Sahara Desert

• Congo Rainforest

• Indian Ocean

• Nile River

Trans-Saharan trade in early West Africa MAINLY involved the exchange of _________ for gold.

• Iron

• Salt

• Slaves

• Ivory

What are the basic tenets of the Islam faith called?

• Four Noble Truths

• Five Pillars

• Eightfold path

• Three Wise Sayings

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

• Muhammad

• Moses

• Ibn-Sind

• Ibn-Rashd

What is the pilgrimage to Mecca called?

• Kaaba

• Tajj

• Hajj

• Ramadan