West African Islamic Civilizations

Mali is a kingdom located in which region of Africa?

• Southern Africa along the orange river

• The Sudan where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet at Khartout

• West Africa in the Sahel region along the Niger River

Who was Mansa Musa the nephew of?

Timbuktu was a prominent city of the ___ and ____ century and the cultural center of Mali and Sahel mosques.

• 13th and 14th century

• 15th and 16th century

• 12th and 13th century

• 14th and 15th century

What were the great mosques of Timbuktu?

• Djingarey Ber

• Sankore

• Sidi Yahia

• Koranic Sankore University

• Abuja National Mosque

When was Djingarey built and where did the style originate from?

• 1327, King of Mali, Mansa Musa

• 1347, King of Mali, Mansa Musa

• 1368, King of Mali, Mansa Musa

• Why are the answers so confusing???

Who was the famous visitor of the library of Manuscripts?

• Mansa Musa

• Ibn Battuta

• Ibn Batuta

• King of Mali - Ibn Batutta

Djenne has been occupied since ____BCE and became a market Centre along the trans-Saharan gold trade routes of the ___to___ century.

• 250 BCE, 13th to 14th century

• 350 BCE, 14th to 15th century

• 250 BCE, 15th to 16th century

• 350 BCE, 12th to 13th century

By the late 13th and 14th centuries, well-established cities in the_____ and ____ had large Muslim institutions.

• Sahel and Mali

• Timbuktu and Djenne

• Sahara and Sahel

• Djenne and Sankore

By the 11th century, Islam reached the ____region and vast areas of the Sahel across to the ____.

• Senegalese coastal, Sudan

• Mali, Nigeria

• Timbuktu, Mali

• Djenne, Timbuktu

Islam spread across the Sahara to the _____.

• Sahel

• Timbuktu

• Mali

• Djenne