African empires quiz

Ghana was conquered by

The House of Wisdom was important in translating and preserving important works from

The Umayyad caliphate contributed to their own demise by their ___________ behavior

Muslims believe that _________ is the final prophet of Allah.

A common theme in the trading empires is for the upper classes to convert to _________.

Besides expanding to the west into North Africa and Spain, Islam expanded east into

What was the biggest reason for the split between Sunni and Shia Muslims?

This ruler of Mali gave away tremendous amounts of Gold during his pilgrimage to Mecca.

After Mali's decline, it was succeeded by the kingdom of

The Abbasid Calipate moved their capital to

Islamic art is known for its

The first caliph of Islam was

Even though the upper classes of West Africa converted to Islam, the lower classes tended to

Traditional African religion is known as

One of the important innovations that Muslim doctors made during the golden age was the

The expansion of Islam into France was stopped by an army led by

The place of worship in Islam is known as a

Mansa Musa gave away so much gold on his pilgrimage that

What do we call when new religions are combined with traditional animism?

The source of wealth of the Sudanic Kingdoms (Ghana, Mali and Songhai) was

The governments of the Swahili trading cities of East Africa could be described as

The holy city of Islam is _______.

What led to the defeat of the Songhai Empire?

A pilgrimage to Mecca is known as the

How did Islam spread to the empires of West Africa?

Muslim scholars introduced ___________ to the world of mathematics