Lost Islamic History: Chapter 9 Review

What was were two reasons that the Muslims chose to settle in cities along the Mediterranean coastline?

• The connection to Mediterranean shipping

• Due to water being easily obtained

• Due to the vast land spaces

• Settling inland near the Sahara Desert prevented civilizations from thriving

Most West African kingdoms, before and after the arrival of Islam, tended to cluster around the ___________, particularly the inland delta that provided rich farmland.

• Sahara Desert

• Niger River

• Nile River

Islam spread slowly among the local populations because most of the Muslims in West Africa were ______________.

• lazy

• missionaries

• businessmen

Why was Islam slowly diffused into West African culture compared to the North African cultures?

The first native Muslim kingdom of West Africa was _________. It was founded in the 1200s by the mythical character Sundiata Keita, a partially Islamized ruler of the Mandinka people.

Why did Mansa Musa take power of the Muslim empire of Mali?

• Due to the former mansa's death

• Due to his brother (former mansa) sailing west in search of new lands

• Due to a vicious battle between mansa Musa and the former mansa

Mansa Musa’s ​ (a)   caravan departed the West Africa Savannah with an entourage of over ​ (b)   people. The king was accompanied by ​ (c)   each dressed in valuable silk robes and carrying two kilograms of ​ (d)   extracted from Mali’s famous mines. Camels also carried bags of gold dust, which was distributed to the poor along the route.

• hajj
• trade
• 60,000
• 12,000
• 5,000
• gold
• silver

Name one description that the Mamluk officials gave to Mansa Musa.

Describe how a new hub of scholarship arose in the West African Savannah after the Mongol disaster that destroyed Baghdad's House of Wisdom.

In the early 1400s, a scholar of fiqh from the Hijaz, Muhammad Ayyubi, traveled to Timbuktu only to realize that the level of scholarship was so high there that he would have to go to Fez first to take prerequisite courses before he could study with Mali’s scholars. True or false?