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Worksheets7th grade Chpt 15 & 16
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 26mins
The raised but flat region in the interior of Africa is
plateau
mountain
rivers
rain forest
How did Ghana’s rulers make sure that gold remained an important trade good?
traded salt
made jewelry from it
controlled how much was mined
there was no gold in Africa
The Sahara is
Africa’s longest river.
a high mountain range.
an empire in early Africa.
the world’s largest hot desert.
How did Mansa Musa establish West Africa as a center of Muslim culture?
He extended Mali’s territory and made Mali one of the largest empires of its time.
He spent so much gold on his haij that it upset the economy of Egypt for years.
He brought Muslim scholars, artists, and teachers from his haij to work in Mali.
He established trade links with Muslim salt merchants in North Africa.
Which factor was least important in making Mali a powerful empire in West Africa?
Sundiata’s set of laws
Mansa Musa’s hajj
The growth of Mansa Musa’s empire
The gold-salt trade
Who led a great caravan to Mecca that brought his West African empire to the attention of the Arab and European world?
Askia Muhammad
Mansa Musa
Mansa Sundiata
Al-Ber
What culture developed in East Africa as a result of the region’s role in overseas trade?
Kushite
Zagwe
Nubian
Swahili
The first Christian influences in East Africa appeared in
Kush
Axum
Kerma
Mali
In East Africa, Muslim culture had the most influence on
the kingdom of Axum.
the rulers of Ethiopia.
the Kushite people.
the Swahili city-states.
In West African cultures, who ranked just above traders in the social structure?
Kings and nobles
The emperor
Farmers
Skilled workers
In most traditional African religions, people honored
only one god.
religious leaders.
their ancestors.
the emperor.
Which part of traditional West African culture has NOT carried over to the present day?
Musical instruments
Masks
Storytelling
Trading empires
Trans-Saharan trade in early West Africa MAINLY involved the exchange of ___________ for gold.
slaves
salt
ivory
iron
The rulers of which empires established Islam as an important religion in West Africa?
Ghana and Mali
Mali and Songhai
Songhai and Ghana
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
Axum’s importance as a trading kingdom in East Africa was MAINLY the result of its
location.
rulers.
wealth.
religion.
In West African societies, a person’s clan and caste were both determined by his or her
village.
religion.
language.
birth.
Why did Muhammad move from Mecca to the city of Medina?
He had already established a Muslim community in Mecca and wanted to spread his teachings.
He was not free to preach Islam in Mecca but he was able to do so in Medina.
He did not want to interfere with existing worship at the Kaaba in Mecca.
Medina was his hometown and he wanted to spread his revelations there first.
Which of the following statements best describes the lives of people living in Arabia’s deserts before the spread of Islam?
Arabs were an isolated people with little trade.
Arabs were a mixture of nomads, sedentary farmers, and merchants.
Arabs were farmers who planted fields around oases.
Arabs were desert nomads who tended livestock.
Why was AD 630 an important year for Islam?
That was the year that Muhammad and his followers went on the hijra.
According to Islam, Muhammad received his first revelations in that year.
Muhammad conquered Mecca in that year.
Muhammad and his followers won a great battle at Badr.
Islam began in Arabia, a land best known for the
harshness of its hot, dry desert landscape.
relatively small size of its peninsula.
heavy rains that blow in from the surrounding seas.
cold weather on its many high mountain ranges.
Muslims believe that
Muhammad was the only prophet of God.
Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad were all prophets.
Muslims, Jews, and Christians all worship different gods.
there are many different gods in the universe.
Which of the following is one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
Muslims must donate a portion of their income to their mosque.
Muslims must make a pilgrimage to Mecca once a year.
Muslims must fast between daybreak and sunset once a month.
Muslims must pray five times a day while facing Mecca.
Muslims are not permitted to gamble or drink alcohol by the legal code known as the
Sunnah.
Sharia.
Quran.
Hajj.
What part of Europe had Arab Muslims conquered by AD 800?
Egypt
Persia
Syria
Spain
The Persian poet Rumi is famous for
practicing and writing about Sufism.
writing a history of the world and its dynasties.
writing a travel account of his journeys to many Muslim lands.
writing the tales in The Thousand and One Nights.
The Muslim scholar known as Avicenna wrote a famous and influential book on which subject?
Chemistry
Medicine
Astronomy
Algebra
Muslims believe that Muhammad began preaching his beliefs in Mecca after
he was impressed by the honesty and faith of the Meccans.
he received messages from God, brought by the angel Gabriel.
he studied the teachings of the Jews and Christians living in Mecca.
he traveled to Africa and Asia as a merchant.
According to the Five Pillars of Islam, Muslims must fast daily during the holy month of
Eid al-Fitr.
Haij.
Ramadan.
Sunnah.
The Islamic text known as the Sunnah
sets down the rules by which Islamic governments must operate.
collects examples of the finest Muslim poetry.
was a major scientific book used for centuries.
records the words and actions of Muhammad.
What similar feature do nearly all Muslim mosques share?
They all have large golden domes.
They all have a prayer hall that faces in the direction of Mecca.
They are all the tallest buildings in their community.
They are all cube-shaped buildings.
The rulers of many non-Arab Muslims states referred to themselves as
caliphs.
Ottomans.
sultans.
Sunnis.
What two fields of learning have names which come from Arabic words?
Architecture and philosophy
Algebra and chemistry
Mathematics and medicine
Astronomy and physics
Muslims scholars introduced which of the following concepts to Europeans?
Arabic numerals
Medicine
Philosophy
Astronomy
Which of the following is NOT a common feature of Muslim art and architecture?
Arabesques made of curved shapes and lines
Verses from the Quran written in fine calligraphy
The use of decorative designs with bright colors
Detailed drawings of humans and animals
The city of Baghdad was economically important in part because it
traded with Africa along the famous Silk Road.
produced all the trade goods it needed for itself.
was linked to China and other lands by camel caravan routes.
sent sailing ships called dhows to trade with Europe.
Mineral resources such as gold, copper, and _____________ became valuable trade goods in early Africa.
salt
iron
trade
dynasty
Learning to make tools and weapons from ___________ allowed some early African peoples to gain an advantage over their neighbors.
salt
iron
textiles
Sharia
About 200 years after Ghana collapsed, a new empire called ___________ arose in Ghana’s former territory.
Mali
Sharia
Islam
Sunnah
The Songhai empire’s use of Islamic scholarship and its control of __________ spread the Arabic language across West Africa.
Arabic numerals
textiles
trade
dynasty
The rulers of Mali and Songhai helped make the religion of _________ the great influence it is in West Africa today.
Sunnah
Hajj
Sharia
Islam
In 325 A.D., the kingdom of ____________ took over the ancient kingdom of Kush and replaced it as the trading center of northeast Africa.
Axum
Mali
Islam
Sharia
In Ethiopia, the Zagwe _________, or ruling family, rose to power and continued the Christian tradition.
Hajj
salt
dynasty
iron
East African city-states were called ________ for the buildings there that had a part in foreign trade.
stonetowns
Mali
textiles
Sharia
Family members in West Africa shared a strong sense of ______________, or connection based on family relationships.
dynasty
kinship
trade
Hajj
Storytellers called __________ preserved African oral tradition by telling stories about past events and people.
Islam
Sunnah
griots
Hajj
Aside from the Quran, the main source of Islamic teaching is the ________________, which describes the words and actions of Muhammad.
Sharia
Sunnah
Hajj
Sharia
Aside from the Quran, the main source of Islamic teaching is the ________________, which describes the words and actions of Muhammad.
Arabic numerals
trade
Islam
Hajj
The Islamic law code known as the _______________ provides Muslims with rules of personal conduct.
Hajj
Sharia
Sunnah
dynasty
The leaders of the non-Arab Muslim states, such as the Ottoman Empire, were often called ____________ rather than caliphs.
caliphs
sultans
Islam
Sunnah
Muslim scholars influenced mathematics by developing algebra and introducing _______________ to the people of Europe.
trade
sharia
Arabic alphabet
Arabic Numerals
Woven fabrics, or ______________, such as cotton cloth and wool rugs were produced in Islamic civilization.
Hajj
dynasty
textiles
trade
