9th grade global exam: Islamic Caliphates, African KIngdoms

What did people trade on the Trans-Saharan trade route?

• gold and salt

• silver and gold

• gold and porcelain

• salt and paper

Mansa Musa was leader of which West African trading empire?

• Ghana
• Mali
• Songhai
• Axum

What is a Muslim house of worship called?

• synagogue

• mosque

• bazaar

• temple

What does the word caliph mean?

• A priest of a church

• A religious ruler

• The son of the ruler

• The leader of a family

The Muslim leader of Mali who supported education, spread Islam, and made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca was

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

• Askia the Great

• Sunni Ali

How did the location of the Islamic Empire influence trade with with other Civilizations?

• It connected trade between Africa, Europe, and Asia

• The Caliphates refused to trade with anyone

• All trade between Europe and Asia was forbidden

• They traded with the Americas

The West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai flourished between 700 and 1600 mainly because they-

• became religious centers considered sacred to Africans.

• controlled the trade routes across the Sahara.

• received support from European colonial governments.

• developed self-sufficient economies.

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

• spread of Islam.

• start of the Crusades.

• rise of Arab nationalism.

• growth of European imperialism.

The spread of Islam throughout the African continent is an example of-

• national security.

• cultural diffusion.

• socialism.

• self-determination.

Which of the following identifies an important consequence of the rise of the Islamic caliphates?

• Jews and Christians were expelled from Islamic lands.

• Muslim artists excelled in painting scenes of people from the Bible and Quran.

• Muslim scholars made important advances in mathematics and science.

• The practice of slavery spread to the Americas.