Islam/West Africa

What was the difference between the Sunni and Shiite?

• They disagreed about who should be successor after Muhammad.

• The Sunni honor the holy month of Ramadan, while the Shiites do not.

• They are located in different parts.

What was true about Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

• Control the trade, gan power; Lose trade and lose power

• None of the empires were important

• All 3 kingdoms existed at the same time

What was the effect of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?

• Islam replaced Christianity

• Islam continued to spread only by conquest

• Islam continued to spread throughout northern and West Africa

How did Mansa Musa spread Islam and education?

• He banned all religions except Islam

• He stressed the importance of learning Arabic

• He hired architects to build mosque in Egypt

What was Timbuktu?

• Center for military training

• Center of Islamic studies, education, and trade

• Center of Kola nut farming

What were the 2 main commodities?

• gold and pepper

• salt and pepper

• gold and salt

What were 2 negative effects in West Africa?

• Losing the gold and salt mines and invasions by Morocco

• trans-Atlantic slave trade and losing the mines

• Trans-Atlantic slave trade and invasion by Morocco

Muslims chose Islam because

• Islam was spread by traders on the Silk Road

• Islam was straightforward with basic theology

• Islam was spread due to the actions of Jesus

What was the trade center that was valuable in Africa?

• farmers market

• Trans-Saharan Trade

• Silk Road

What was so important about the Arabian Peninsula?

• It was located between two major rivers

• It straddles the Bosporus Strait

• It was the intersection of trade