African Civilizations

The economies of the western African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai relied on

• Textile production 
• Trans-Saharan trade routes

How did Mansa Musa establish West Africa as a center of Muslim culture?

• He spent so much gold on his hajj that it upset Egypt's economy
• He extended Mali's territory through conquest
• He imported Muslim scholars, artists and teachers
• He established trade links with Muslim traders in North Africa

Who led a great caravan to Mecca, bringing his empire to the attention of the world?

• Askia Muhammad
• As-Saheli
• Mansa Sundiata
• Mansa Musa

Aksum's importance as a trading kingdom in East Africa was MAINLY the result of its ___________

• Location
• Rulers
• Wealth
• Religion

Animistic Religion

• Objects in nature have souls
• Worship of animals
• All animals go to heaven
• A branch of Islam

Mansa Musa was from what empire?

• Mali
• Ghana
• Songhai
• Aksum

How does Christianity compare to animism?

• Christianity is monotheistic while animism is polytheistic

• they are the same

• Christianity is polytheistic while animism is monotheistic

• they worship the same god but have different prophets

The trade of ______ helped the West African empires grow wealthy.

• gold and silver
• gold and salt
• salt and bronze
• gold and iron

African and Muslim cultures blended to form the ____ culture

• Islamic
• Swahili
• Bantu
• Songhai

tropical grasslands with small trees and shrubs

• savanna
• plateau
• griot
• rainforest