African Kingdoms I
The Kingdom Ghana was eventually conquered by, and absorbed into, the Kingdom of
This was the religion of Axum before it was conquered.
What is Christianity
Who is Muhammad?
This is the term for people who practice Islam.
What is Muslim?
These higher places of learning were abundant in the Islamic Empire.
What are universities?
This Kingdom conquered Mali
What is Songhai
Widely considered to be the richest man in the world.
Who was Mansa Musa?
What is the Qur'an?
This is the holy text of Islam and the name for a location of Islamic worship.
What is the Qur'an and a mosque
An early hospital in this location became the model for future hospitals.
Where is damascus?
This physical geographic feature was an important source of water to all 3 African Kingdoms.
What was the Niger River
This African Kingdom is located southeast of this river, in modern day Ethiopia (2 answers).
What is Axum and the Nile
An early Muslim ruler.
This is the city where the Prophet Muhammad was born, and this is the city where the Prophet Muhammad died.
What is Mecca and Medina?
Known as the father of algebra
Who is al-Khwarizmi
The West African Kingdoms traded this material that they received from the Sahara desert and this material that they received from the Savannah Grasslands.
What are salt and gold
This ruler from Songhai captured Timbuktu.
Who was Sunni Ali
The two main sects of Islam.
What are Shi'a & Sunni?
This shrine is considered the most sacred in Islam.
What is the Kaaba?
This West African city became the center of trade.
What is Timbuktu
These two rivers were prominent in Southern Africa in this Kingdom (3 answers)
After the death of Muhammad, _________ (Muhammad’s father in law), was chosen to become the first caliph.
Who is Abu Bakr?
This battle between these two groups lead to the spread of this religion in Western Europe.
What is the Battle of Tours, who are the Franks & the Muslims, and what is Christianity
These are characteristics of Islamic mosaics that differed from Byzantine mosaics.
What are repeating geometric patterns