WorksheetsWest Africa and Islam
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
Mali is a kingdom located in which region of Africa?
Southern Africa along the orange river
The Sudan where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet at Khartout
West Africa in the Sahel region along the Niger River
Who was Mansa Musa the nephew of?
(a)
Timbuktu was a prominent city of the ___ and ____ century and the cultural center of Mali and Sahel mosques.
13th and 14th century
15th and 16th century
12th and 13th century
14th and 15th century
What were the great mosques of Timbuktu?
Djingarey Ber
Sankore
Sidi Yahia
Koranic Sankore University
Abuja National Mosque
When was Djingarey built and where did the style originate from?
1327, King of Mali, Mansa Musa
1347, King of Mali, Mansa Musa
1368, King of Mali, Mansa Musa
Why are the answers so confusing???
Who was the famous visitor of the library of Manuscripts?
Mansa Musa
Ibn Battuta
Ibn Batuta
King of Mali - Ibn Batutta
Djenne has been occupied since ____BCE and became a market Centre along the trans-Saharan gold trade routes of the ___to___ century.
250 BCE, 13th to 14th century
350 BCE, 14th to 15th century
250 BCE, 15th to 16th century
350 BCE, 12th to 13th century
By the late 13th and 14th centuries, well-established cities in the_____ and ____ had large Muslim institutions.
Sahel and Mali
Timbuktu and Djenne
Sahara and Sahel
Djenne and Sankore
By the 11th century, Islam reached the ____region and vast areas of the Sahel across to the ____.
Senegalese coastal, Sudan
Mali, Nigeria
Timbuktu, Mali
Djenne, Timbuktu
Islam spread across the Sahara to the _____.
Sahel
Timbuktu
Mali
Djenne
"He was famous for his long caravan expedition across ___ to ___."
Who was famous? Expedition across what?
Mansa Musa, Sahara to Cairo
Nephew of Marijata, Sahara to Cairo
Nephew of Sunjata, Sahel to Cairo
King of Mali, Sahel to Cairo
King of Mali, Sahara to Cairo
Islam also spread through the West African states and East Africa through ______ contacts and long-distance caravan routes to Arab Muslim cities of ______.
merchant; northern Africa
merchant; eastern Africa
merchant; southern Africa
merchant; western Africa
