Islam & West Africa Quiz

Which group of people from the Arabian Peninsula were responsible for helping start the spread of Islam?

• Arabian kings

• Muslim religious leaders

• Berber traders

• Farmers and herders

What were the two main ways the religion of Islam spread and expanded from the Arabian Peninsula to North Africa, Spain and parts of Central Asia?

• Trade and conquest

• War and technology

• Barter and astronomy

• Alliances and engineering

What is the holy book of the Islamic faith?

• The Vedas

• The Koran

• The Torah

• The Analects

What are the fundamental beliefs of Islam called?

• The Ying and Yang

• The Ten Commandments

• The Four Noble Truths

• The Five Pillars

Like Judaism and Christianity that came before it, Islam is what type of religion?

• Polytheistic

• Atheistic

• Monotheistic

• Philosophical

The principles of the religion of Islam were revealed to what prophet?

• Lao Tsu

• Abraham

• David

• Muhammad

What is the name of the only major river that flows the savannas, Sahel, and forests of West Africa?

• Congo

• Nile

• Niger

• Indus

What trade made the kingdoms of W Africa rich and powerful?

• The selling of Spices along the Silk Road

• The silent bartering of gold and salt trade

• Slave trade along the Triangular trade

• Columbian Exchange

Which of the following are the climate zones of Africa?

• Desert, Mediterranean, rain forest, savanna

• Volcanoes, desert, mountains, savanna

• Mountains, tundra, savanna, rain forest

•  Cliffs, islands, Sahel, plateau

 A major trading and university town in West Africa was which city?

• Meroe

• Timbuktu

• Kinshasa

• Mombasa