Africa & Islam Quiz Review

What river helped the traders in Mali transport their goods?

• Nile River
• Yangtze River
• River Thames
• Niger River

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

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

The trade of which two products shaped the early history of North and West Africa?

• ivory and salt
• salt and gold
• silk and gold
• spices and ivory

The kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, & Songhai prospered primarily due to their 

• exchanges with Indian ports
• direct access to the Arabian Sea
• control of trade routes
• abundance of diamonds

What animal helped merchants cross the Sahara Desert?

• Horses
• Camels
• Mules
• Elephants

The history of Islam centers around one person named _______.

• Jesus

• Muhammad

• Abraham

Islam believes in one God, called ______.

• Allah

• Jesus

• Yahweh

Muhammad was from ________ and his new faith was not accepted there.

• Mecca

• Medina

• Jerusalem

Islam began in __________.

• the Middle East

• the Roman Empire

• South America

A person who follows Islam is called a ________

• Muslim

• Christian

• Jew