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WorksheetsIslam and West Africa
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a group of traders that travel together for safety purposes?
a)
Berbers
b)
Caravans
c)
Muslims
d)
Sunnis
2.
What is a building for Muslim prayer?
a)
Pilgrimage
b)
Jihad
c)
Mosque
d)
Mecca
3.
What is a journey to a sacred place?
a)
Mosque
b)
Jihad
c)
Pilgrimage
d)
Caravan
4.
What is a moist, densely wooded area that contains many different plants and animals?
a)
Sahel
b)
Rainforest
c)
Savanna
d)
Desert
5.
Who is a person that practices Islam?
a)
Muslim
b)
Christian
c)
Hindu
d)
Buddhist
6.
A religion based on the teachings of Muhammad?
a)
Christianity
b)
Catholic
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
7.
What is a title that Muslims use for the highest leader in Islam?
a)
Sunnah
b)
Caliph
c)
Sunni
d)
Shia
8.
What is a type of Islam that believes that caliphs must be descendants of Muhammad?
a)
Sunni
b)
Shia
c)
Sunnah
d)
Muslim
9.
What is Africa south of the Sahara Desert?
a)
Desert
b)
Rainforest
c)
Savanna
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
10.
What is an open grassland with scattered trees?
a)
Savanna
b)
Sahel
c)
Rainforest
d)
Desert
11.
What are the five acts of worship for all Muslims?
a)
Five Rules
b)
Five Relationships
c)
Five Pillars of Islam
d)
Five Morals
12.
What is the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits?
a)
Astronomy
b)
Animism
c)
Biology
d)
Physics
13.
What is the holy book of Islam?
a)
Bible
b)
The Old Testament
c)
The Ten Commandments
d)
Qu'ran
14.
What also means "holy war?"
a)
Pilgrimage
b)
Mosque
c)
Jihad
d)
Muslim
15.
What protected Ghana from being conquered by Muslim armies in the 700s?
a)
strong walls
b)
elite warriors
c)
a peace treaty
d)
the vast desert
16.
How did the Songhai empire differ from the empire of Mali?
a)
It spread Islam by force
b)
It controlled a smaller area
c)
It began and ended earlier
d)
It restored traditional beliefs
17.
Why did Islam spread fairly easily in Mali?
a)
Arab rulers visited Mali and explained Islamic beliefs.
b)
Muslim leaders conquered Mali and imposed Islamic law
c)
People in Mali blended Islam with their traditional religion
18.
What goes best in the empty box?
a)
increase in attendance at Islamic schools
b)
adoption of Islam by West African rulers
c)
decline in loyalty to the older Islamic empires
d)
popularity of Islam among the common people
19.
The world's largest desert, located in North Africa.
a)
Sahara
b)
Sahel
c)
Savanna
d)
Mediterranean
20.
Grasslands with very few trees
a)
Sahara
b)
Sahel
c)
Savanna
d)
Mediterranean
21.
Which of the following best describes the Sahara?
a)
A physical area with specific traits of climate, soil, altitude, and so on that determine its particular plants and animals
b)
Large open plains with little trees and lots of grass.
c)
A semiarid zone in Africa that shifts between desert and grassland conditions.
d)
An extremely arid region in North Africa.
22.
Which kingdom is this?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
23.
Which kingdom is this?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
24.
Which kingdom is this?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
25.
What natural resource could be found in the Sahara?
a)
Salt
b)
Gold
c)
Kola Nuts
d)
Diamonds
26.
What tradable resources could be found in the Savanna?
a)
Salt
b)
Gold
c)
Kola Nuts
d)
Cattle and grain
27.
Why does salt matter?
a)
Makes food taste better.
b)
Makes food last longer.
c)
Improves the health of people.
d)
Makes people faster.
28.
Who is a follower of Islam?
a)
Christian
b)
Jew
c)
Muslim
d)
Pagan
29.
What is the holy book of Islam?
a)
Bible
b)
Qur'an
c)
Torah
d)
Tao Te Ching
30.
What is a Mosque?
a)
A building for Confucian prayer
b)
A building for Jewish prayer
c)
A building for Christian prayer
d)
A building for Muslim prayer
31.
What is the Hajj?
a)
Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
b)
Pilgrimage to Medina
c)
Pilgrimage to Mecca
d)
Pilgrimage to Rome
32.
A title that Muslims use for the highest leader of Islam
a)
Pope
b)
Caliph
c)
Master
d)
Emperor
33.
What does Judaism, Islam, and Christianity all have in common?
a)
Polytheism
b)
Monotheism
c)
Mohammed
d)
Atheism
34.
Who is the founder of Islam?
a)
Mohammed
b)
Mahatma Gandhi
c)
Jesus of Nazareth
d)
Moses
35.
What two major Christian beliefs does Islam reject?
a)
Jesus is the Son of God and God as a Trinity
b)
Jesus was sinless and Jesus will return in a "second coming"
c)
Trinity and Mary (important)
d)
Jesus died on the cross and He will return
36.
What two major Christian beliefs does Islam reject?
a)
Jesus is the Son of God and God as a Trinity
b)
Jesus was sinless and Jesus will return in a "second coming"
c)
Trinity and Mary (important)
d)
Jesus died on the cross and He will return
37.
What are the acts of worship called that are required of all Muslims?
a)
Four Noble Truths
b)
Five Pillars of Islam
c)
Eightfold Path
d)
The Five Relationships
38.
What is the holiest city of Islam?
a)
Timbuktu
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Mecca
d)
Medina
39.
Who was Mohammed?
a)
The greatest and final prophet
b)
Son of God
c)
A teacher
d)
The Buddha
40.
How did Islam spread to West Africa?
a)
Peacefully through athletic events.
b)
Peacefully through trade.
c)
Military conquest
d)
Force and fear
41.
What West African city became a major center of trade, education, and Islam?
a)
Timbuktu
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Medina
d)
Mecca
42.
In what ways was Islam a positive constructive force in West African civilization?
a)
Promoted war, empire, and slavery.
b)
Promoted trade, stronger government, higher education, and more impressive architecture.
c)
It helped develop greater trade with Spain
d)
It helped develop better architecture like aqueducts.
43.
Mansa Musa's famous Hajj is evidence of what?
a)
The powerful influence of Buddhism in West Africa.
b)
The powerful influence of Christianity in West Africa.
c)
The powerful influence of Science in West Africa.
d)
The powerful influence of Islam in West Africa.
44.
Where did Islam spread peacefully through trade?
a)
Spain
b)
Persian Empire
c)
Byzantine Empire
d)
West Africa
45.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
a)
Faith, Prayer, Fasting, Alms, Hajj
b)
Faith, Partying, Fasting, Alms, Hajj
c)
Faith, Prayer, Feasting, Alms, Hajj
d)
Faith, Prayer, Fasting, Alms, Hijab
46.
Who made a famous Hajj that demonstrated how influential Islam had become in West Africa?
a)
Mohammed
b)
Mansa Musa
c)
Moses
d)
Mickey Mouse
47.
What environment is most of north Africa?
a)
Desert
b)
Rainforest
c)
Beach
d)
Savanah
48.
What is the correct sequence of West African Empires?
a)
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
b)
Mali, Ghana, Songhai
c)
Songhai, Ghana, Mali
d)
Ghana, Songhai, Mali
49.
Why is Mansa Musa famous?
a)
No reason
b)
He gave away gold on his Hajj to Mecca
c)
He saved the world from starvation
d)
He converted to Christianity
50.
What did Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all have in common?
a)
They were all Muslim
b)
They were all around at the same time
c)
They never converted to Islam
d)
They all controlled the trade resources in West Africa at some point.
51.
Griots were the ___________ of West Africa?
a)
leaders
b)
soldiers
c)
story tellers
d)
children
52.
Which of the following countries is part of modern day West Africa?
a)
Tanzania
b)
Liberia
c)
Sudan
d)
Zimbabwe
53.
Which of the following factors increased trans-Saharan trade?
a)
The introduction of camels and copper
b)
The population increase and gold
c)
The growth of cities and camels
d)
The discovery of salt and introduction of camels
54.
What were the 3 largest West African Empires?
a)
Songhai, Mali, and Nigeria
b)
Mali, Songhai, and Ghana
c)
Ghana, Songhai, and Bachwezi
d)
Aksum, Ghana, Mali
55.
What were the main trade items between the North Africans and the Wangarans?
a)
Salt and Gold
b)
Copper and Lumber
c)
Silver and Gold
d)
Salt and Pepper
56.
Who was a great West African leader of Mali?
a)
Sundiata Keita
b)
Pharaoh Ramsey
c)
Shaka Zulu
d)
Mansa Musa
57.
What brought Islam to West Africa?
a)
War
b)
Trade
c)
Emporers
d)
Crusades
58.
Taghaza in North Africa was known for its deposits of what substance?
a)
salt
b)
gold
c)
iron
d)
ore
59.
Where did Mansa Musa make a pilgrimage to with 80,000 people?
a)
The Holy Land
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Medina
d)
Mecca
60.
As West Africans embraced Islam, how did this change their culture?
a)
They started churches and practiced democracy.
b)
They practiced matrilineal succession of property and leadership.
c)
They practiced new religious devotions and embraced new ideas of government and law.
d)
They traded less and worshipped their dead ancestors.
61.
Largest region in Africa, wet summers= lots of plant growth, dry winters= plants dry up.
a)
Savanna
b)
Steppe
c)
Rainforest
d)
Highlands
62.
Hot, dry, south of the equator, no vegetation, can go 10 years w/o rain.
a)
Steppe
b)
Savanna
c)
Mediterranean
d)
Desert
63.
How did African Kingdoms make their money in the Middle Ages?
a)
selling slaves to Europeans
b)
trading gold across the desert
c)
trading salt for silk across the ocean
d)
pirating and raiding ships in the Atlantic Ocean
64.
Which 3 kingdoms traded gold and salt in western Africa?
a)
Mali, Axum, Zimbabwe
b)
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
c)
Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana
d)
Timbuktu, Ethiopia, Mali
65.
Mansa Musa, the monarch of 14th century Mali, is most remembered for
a)
defending his African kingdom from slave traders.
b)
his conversion to Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca.
c)
his expansion of the gold trade into central and Southern Africa.
d)
lending his massive military forces to the Arabs during the Crusades.
66.
The African king Sundiata was responsible for
a)
establishing the Mali empire.
b)
converting Africa to Christianity.
c)
leading Zulu forces against England.
d)
allowing the slave trade.
67.
What would Sundiata and Mansa Musa have in common?
a)
Both ruled over the Mali Empire in Africa.
Both ruled over the Mali Empire in Africa.
b)
Both ruled over the Songhai Empire in Africa.
Both ruled over the Songhai Empire in Africa.
c)
Both ruled over the Ghana Empire in Africa.
Both ruled over the Ghana Empire in Africa.
d)
Both didn't rule over any Empire in Africa.
Both didn't rule over any Empire in Africa.
68.
The people of West Africa preserved the record of their past through the use of
a)
oral histories
b)
cuneiform writings
c)
stories written on scrolls
d)
hieroglyphics
69.
Which is the correct order, according to time and size?
a)
Mali, Songhai, Ghana
b)
Songhai, Mali, Ghana
c)
Ghana, Songhai, Mali
d)
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
70.
The most important West African city, for trade and education, was
a)
Timbuktu
b)
Cairo
c)
Gao
d)
Rome
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