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L17 W.Africa

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Islam first reach Ghana?

  • by the Arab Muslim armies that conquered Ghana

  • after a Ghanaian king had a vision of Muhammad

  • through Muslim traders and missionaries

  • .after Ghanaian scholars traveled to the Middle East for their studies

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In West Africa, Muslims

  • took part in both Islam and their own traditional religious practices.

  • abandondedtheir traditional religious practices when they adopted Islam

  • quickly reverted to their traditional religion after their initial contact with Islam.

  • continued to practice their traditional religion, but gave each celebration an Arabic name.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Because Muslims were tolerant of traditional religous beliefs...

  • Muslims borrowed freely from other religious traditions

  • traditional religious practices were banned

  • Islam spread.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement about language is true?

  • Arabic allowed West African traders to communicate more easily.

  • West Africans completely abandoned their native languages.

  • Muslim rulers in West Africa insisted on using their native languages at all times.

  • Many people in West Africa learned Arabic as they converted to Christianity

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement about Mansa Musa is true?

  • Mansa Musa was the first leader of Mali to accept Islam, though he did not practice devoutly.

  • Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca was an enormous and impressive undertaking.

  • Mansa Musa was happy to kneel before the sultan in Cairo, because he admired the sultan greatly.

  • Mansa Musa was an isolationist and tried to cut off all contact between Mali and the outside world.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After they became Muslim, West Africans preserved some of their old religious practices, such as

  • learning the Five Pillars of Islam.

  • worshipping in mosques.

  • making pilgrimages to Mecca.

  • praying to the spirits of dead ancestors

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the spread of Islam help spread the Arabic language?

  • Arabic was the language of religion.

  • Arabic was the language of learning.

  • Arabic was the language of learning.

  • all of the above

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