Which description best characterizes the city of Timbuktu?

Commercial and intellectual center of Western Africa

The practice of Islam throughout much of West Africa is evidence that

Islam spread beyond the borders of the Arabian peninsula

Which achievement is most closely related with Mansa Musa

an increase in the influence of Islam and Islamic culture

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1
What major river flows through Western Africa?
Nile
Congo
Mediterranean
Niger
2
What is a griot?
African storyteller
a type of camel
pilgrimage to Mecca
A mixture of Islamic and African culture
3
Swahili is a mixture of what two languages/cultures
Arabic and Indian
Indian and Arabic
African and Arabic
African and Indian
4
The West African kingdom of Mali grew in wealth and power by controlling the trade of
gold and salt
oil and coal
ivory and slaves
timber and fish
5
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca demonstrates that he practiced
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
6
Which leader is INCORRECTLY matched with his kingdom?
Mansa Musa: Mali
Mohammed: Ghana
Sundiata: Mali
Sunni Ali: Songhai
7
What helped the cities of Gao and Timbuktu develop into powerful trading cities?
predictable rainfall from monsoons
access to moutain passes
location on rivers
abundance of natural resources
8
Which description best characterizes the city of Timbuktu?
Major urban center on the Silk Road
Port city in Western Africa
Commercial and intellectual center of Western Africa
small farming village in Eastern Africa
9
What kingdom was the largest?
Ghana
Mali
Zimbabwe
Songhai
10
Which description best fits the kingdoms of Ghana and Songhai
territories of Egypt
trading states of West Africa
tributary states of China
feudal states of North Africa
11
Which empires gained wealth controlling the trade of gold, ivory, and salt across the Sahara?
Axum and Ghana
Great Zimbabwe and Kilwa
Mali and Songhai
Mali and Kilwa
12
The kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai prospered primarily due to their
exchange with India
abundance of natural resources
control of trade routes
access to the Arabian Sea
13
Mansa Musa demonstrated his religious values by
completing the hajj
spending money
visiting Jerusalem
converting Africans to Christianity
14
The spread of Islam into the kingdoms of Mali and Songhair resulted from
cultural diffusion
imperialism
ethnocentrism
force
15
The practice of Islam throughout much of West Africa is evidence that
Islam spread beyond the borders of the Arabian peninsula
Europeans encouraged Islamic beliefs
Chinese trade carried Islamic beliefs to West Africa
Islam originated in W. Africa and spread to the Middle East
16
Which achievement is most closely related with Mansa Musa
an increase in the influence of Islam and Islamic culture
the defeat and capture of Mali
an exclusive trade agreement with European merchants
the discovery of diamonds in the Congo
17
What kingdom thought iron smiths were magicians?
Zimbabwe
Songhai
Mali
Ghana

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