WH Unit 4 Test: Islam, Crusades, African Empires

Founder of Judaism, Jews/Christians/and Muslims trace ancestry to this figure

First outside group encountered by sub-Saharan Africans

Last and largest West African Empire, downfall was Moroccans with gunpowder and cannons

Capital Mali empire, became a major stop for gold/salt trade and a center of Islamic learning

believing in one god, similarity between Jews, Christians, & Muslims

A holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, place where Muhammad ascended into heaven

First west African kingdom, became rich from taxing and controlling trade

Basis for many African religions, the belief that spirits are present in natural objects

City Muhammad and his followers moved to after being kicked out of Mecca

Muhammad's birthplace

Modern country, center for Sunni Muslims

Early people who spread throughout Africa spreading agriculture, language, and iron.

To be a Muslim, you have to carry out these duties -- Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage

The Umayyads moved the capital to this city and expanded the caliphate all the way into Spain

Ruler of the Mali, one of the richest people in history

Why was Mecca an important city?

Name of the Muslim holy book

Similarity between Christianity, Islam, & Judaism

Ethnic group of Muhammad, first people united by Islam

Called for the First Crusade, a holy war to take back Jerusalem from the Muslim Turks

Goods that were traded in sub-Saharan Africa

How was Islam spread?

Which is NOT true about sharia law?

Muslim scholar who traveled the known world and wrote about his journey

The founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes.

How did leadership change after the Rightly Guided Caliphs?

Believed that the caliph should be a direct descendant of Muhammad

Which was NOT an effect of the Crusades?

Muslim scientist who organized the medical knowledge into the Canon of Medicine

How was Islam different from the previous religion in the Arab peninsula?