KAP Unit 3 Medieval Asia & Africa Test

One way in which the African kingdoms of Ghana and Mali are similar is that they

• Established their wealth through trade

• Opened trade routes to the Americas

• Were conquered by the Europeans

• Engaged in a civil war

The economies of the western African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai relied on

• Textile production

• Wheat production

• Trans-Saharan trade routes

• Trade with South Africa

What was a significant effect of Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca?

• Islamic learning and culture expansion

• The African written language spread to southwest Asia

• The death of thousands of people

• The introduction of the camel to the Arabian peninsula

The wealth and power of Mali’s ruler, Mansa Musa, were significant because they contributed to the

• growth of European imperialism

• inflation in Egypt

• spread of Islam

• the death of King Charles

The use of the Silk Road in Asia and caravan routes in northern Africa and southwestern Asia encouraged

• cultural diffusion

• border closures

• ethnocentrism

• invasions of nations along the Silk Road

Which phrase best describes Mali under the rule of Mansa Musa?

• a golden age

• a period of civil wars

• a period of political chaos

• impoverished

One conclusion that can be reached from the evidence about Mansa Musa’ s rule of Mali is that

• the slave trade originated in West Africa during Masa Musa’s rule

• complex civilizations existed in West Africa before the arrival of Europeans

• He conquered multiple peoples and was a tyrant ruler

• He was a poor leader and the empire collapsed under him

Important factor for cultural diffusion

• important factor for cultural diffusion

• trade

• conflicts among Muslims

• a religious leader

Who is Muhammad?

• King of Mali

• Founder of Islam

• Leader of the Mongols

• Founder of Judaism

What is the Five Pillars of Islam?

• The split belief of who should take over after Muhammad

• Expansion of Islam across Southwest Asia, Africa, and Spain

• Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam

• belief, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage to Mecca