Why did Ibn Battuta decide to travel in the first place?

He wanted to make a pilgrimage to Mecca

How did the spread of Islam increase the slave trade in Africa?

Muslims could not own other muslims as slaves. They had to find non-muslim.

How were children educated from the ages of 1 to 6?

They stayed with their mothers and learned stories and family histories.

Trading had been a challenge for West Africa. What changed?

Romans brought camels to Africa.

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West Africa

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1
Mansa Musa ruled over Mali.
False
True
2
This empire was the first to be heavily influenced by Islam.
Mali
None of these are correct.
Ghana
Songhai
3
What was traded between West and North Africa?
Ivory
Gold
All answers are correct
Slaves
4
Which desert is located in Africa?
Gobi
Sahara
Palm
Trick question! There are no deserts in Africa.
5
Songhai had a bureaucracy.
False
True
6
Which queen fought the Portuguese and the institution of slavery for most of her reign?
Both options are correct.
Queen Nzinga
None of these are correct
Queen Dahia al-Kahina
7
Why did Ibn Battuta decide to travel in the first place?
He wanted to design a travel guide for West Africa
He wanted to be like Marco Polo and write a book
He had a lot of money and wanted to see the world
He wanted to make a pilgrimage to Mecca
8
This empire was divided into districts and the line of succession was matrilineal.
None of these are correct.
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
9
This empire could afford to give all soldiers iron weapons.
Mali
Songhai
Ghana
None of these are correct
10
How did the spread of Islam increase the slave trade in Africa?
Islamic nations had a lot of money and Africa was willing to trade anything
The Quran states that slavery is bad and should never be used.
Muslims could not own other muslims as slaves. They had to find non-muslim.
Two of these answers are correct.
11
Songhai is considered the first greatest trading empire of West Africa.
False
True
12
Battuta had to stop at the Syrian border because officials had to check his passport to make sure he was not a spy.
True
False
13
Traditional African music has evolved into which of the following genres?
Rap
Two answers are correct
Country
Rock n Roll
14
How were children educated from the ages of 1 to 6?
They were told stories by the oldest person in their village.
They stayed with their mothers and learned stories and family histories.
They didn't have school.
They stayed home and learned how to work.
15
Trading had been a challenge for West Africa. What changed?
Traders figured out a safe path through the Sahara Desert.
Gold had been discovered and West Africa realized it didn't need to trade.
Romans brought camels to Africa.
Salt was discovered and people could survive long periods of time w/o water

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