Islam/West African Kingdoms/Crusades

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.

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

The Ghana Empire (800s-1000s CE) grew rich from trading gold and salt in which trading network?

• Silk Roads
• Trans-Saharan
• Trans-Atlantic
• Mediterranean Route

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

This Muslim leader in Mali started to spread Islam through west Africa:

• Sundiata
• Mansa Musa
• Askia the Great
• Muhammad Ture

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

Islamic scholars are credited with inventing which type of math?

• Geometry
• Calculus
• Trigonometry
• Algebra

What is the name of the huge desert that covers northern Africa?

• Sahara
• Arabian
• Gobi
• Kalahari

Which of the following factors increased trans-Saharan trade?

• The introduction of camels and copper
• The population increase and gold
• The growth of cities and camels
• The discovery of salt and introduction of camels