Unit 4 Lesson 17.3 Government and Law

a family line traced through the father

• Matrilineal

• Patrilineal

• Hereditary

• Succession

Traditionally, West Africa passed down rule through the matrilineal family line. This means it went through the...

• Geography

• Religion

• Father

• Mother

After West African kings converted to _________, they started to exercise more control over local rulers..

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Buddhism

West Africa started to adopt the practice of _________________.

• Islam

• Pillars of Islam

• shari'ah law

• Roman numerals

A trial by wood is when a man would...

• drink water poured through bitter wood, thus getting sick.

• be hit by a piece of wood under sorry for their crime

• float down the Niger river on a piece of wood for 3 days.

• walk on wooden shoes for a month, which would hurt hurt their feet.

Muslims believe that shari'ah law came from...

• qadis

• God

• the Middle East

• Madinah