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West African Empires

Authored by John Robinson

Social Studies

7th Grade

West African Empires
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Gold was traded equally for salt in West Africa.

True 

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mansa Musa, even today, is the richest man in the world valued at $400 billion dollars.  But his greatest impact was that he...

He spread Islam and the Islamic culture throughout West Africa

He controlled the gold and salt trade

He made a pilgrimage to Mecca to show off all of his wealth

He was a model of behavior as a Muslim King who is charitable.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Mansa Musa was a model Muslim King.  When he returned to Mali he...

brought Muslim artisans, teachers and architects to Mali

forced all of his people to convert to Islam

gave away all of his gold to the poor

started a war with the Muslims of Mecca

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How was Islam first introduced to West Africa?

Political Revolts

Mansa Musa

Muslim Merchants

Muslim traders

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Timbuktu is known as a center for

trade

commerce

learning

religion

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The image above illustrates Trans-Saharan trade.  What made this trade so important?

Required merchants to cross the Saharan Desert

Trade of gold and salt made Arabs and Africans wealthy

Without this trade, merchants would have nothing to sell

Trans Saharan trade began the Slave trade

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

The buildings pictured in the Catalan Atlas may represent "mosques".  What is a mosque?

Christian place of worship

Muslim place of worship

Jewish place of worship

Buddhist place of worship

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