L17 W.Africa

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

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.

Because Muslims were tolerant of traditional religous beliefs...

• • Muslims borrowed freely from other religious traditions

• • traditional religious practices were banned

• • Islam spread.

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

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.

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

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

Askia Mohammed Toure was as devout Muslim which means...

• he was strongly committed to the traditions of Islam

• he continued to support the practice of traditional religions

A building where Muslims learn and worship is called a...

• temple

• church

• mosque

We know the Muslim communities were successful because...

• the continued spread of Islam

• successful trade

• of the many mosques built

• all of the above