Islam, West African Kingdoms, Crusades

What three empires in western Africa flourished because of the trans-Saharan trade of gold and salt?

• Mali, Axum, Zimbabwe

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

• Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana

• Timbuktu, Ethiopia, Mali

Early African kingdoms such as Ghana (800s-1000CE) and Mali (1200-1450CE) made most of their wealth by

• selling slaves to the Portuguese.
• trading gold across the Sahara Desert.
• trading salt for silk across the Indian Ocean.
• raiding European ships sailing in the Atlantic.

Mansa Musa, the monarch of 14th century Mali, is MOST remembered for

• defending his African kingdom from slave traders.
• his conversion to Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca.
• his expansion of the gold trade into central and Southern Africa.
• lending his massive military forces to the Arabs during the Crusades.

What barrier to trade separated the empires of Ghana and Mali from the trading center of Egypt?

• the Red Sea
• the Nile River
• the Sahara Desert
• the Mediterranean Ocean

1.  The city of Timbuktu was known as

• A.  The largest city in the world.
• A.  The most beautiful city in Africa.
• A.  The center of learning and trade.
• A.  A bustling seaport.

1.  What religion had a great effect on the kingdoms of Mali & Songhai?

• Christianity
• Islam
• Buddhism
• Hinduism

Which of the following factors is the main reason that Ghana became a powerful empire in West Africa?

• It had extremely productive agriculture
• It controlled the gold and salt trade in that region
• It traded extensively with European countries
• It was the first African empire to industrialize

How many times a day should Muslims to do the ritual of prayer?

• 3

• 1

• 2

• 5

One obligation of a Muslim is to make at least one pilgrimage to:

• Medina    
• Mt Arafat    
• Baghdad
• Mecca

The group that spread the Empire to it's furthest reaches (in terms of geography) was THIS group.

• Seljuk Turks
• Umayyads
• Abassids
• Rightly Guided