West Africa Beliefs Culture and Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa was the wealthy king of which West African kingdom?

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

Which city did Mansa Musa visit for his hajj?

• Medina

• Mecca

• Cairo

• Damascus

Mansa Musa was one of the wealthiest people in all of human history.

• True

• False

The city of ​ (a)   became a center of wealth and knowledge following ​ (b)   pilgrimage to Mecca. He gave away large amounts of gold during his trip and brought back ​ (c)   .

• Timbuktu

• Mansa Musa's

• knowledge

• Shinto

• Askia the Great

• Gao

• money

How was Islam first introduced to West Africa?

• Political Revolts

• Mansa Musa

• Muslim Merchants

• Muslim traders

The most important West African city, for trade and education, was

• Timbuktu

• Cairo

• Gao

• Rome

Which of the following West African rulers made a hajj to Mecca to fulfill one of the five pillars of Islam?

• Askia Muhammad

• Mansa Musa

• Sunni Ali

• Sundiata

How did Mansa Musa establish Mali as a center of Muslim culture?

• He spent so much gold on his hajj that it weakened the economy of Egypt for years

• He extended Mali's territory and made Mali one of the largest empires of its time

• He brought Muslim scholars, artists, and teachers to work in Mali

• He established trade links with Muslim salt merchants in North Africa

Which of the following African empires was Islam an important religion? (Mark all that apply)

• Kush

• Axum

• Mali

• Egyptian

• Songhai

How did Ghana's rulers make sure that gold endured as an important trade good in West Africa?

• They made expensive and elaborate jewelry

• They freely traded it for salt

• They controlled how much gold was available

• They required that all coins and currency was made from gold