Islam & Beliefs
Who do Muslims believe called Muhammad to be a prophet?
Who is the angel Gabriel?
What resource helped Ghana grow wealthy?
What is gold?
Who strengthened Songhai by bringing trade routes under his control?
Who is Sonni Ali?
Which animal increased trade across the Sahara?
What is the camel?
Process of land turning into desert.
What is desertification?
What is the holy book of Islam?
What is the Quran?
What did West African merchants pay high prices for?
What is salt?
Who was considered one of India’s greatest rulers for using paid officials instead of hereditary nobles?
Who is Akbar the Great?
What product did the Romans take from North Africa?
What is grain?
Family ties traced through the mother.
What is matrilineal?
What group of Muslim mystics sought communion with God through meditation and fasting?
Who are the Sufis?
Which African kingdom was known for bronze and brass casting?
What is Benin?
What physician wrote a great medical encyclopedia?
Who is Ibn Sina (Avicenna)?
What do remains of Chinese porcelain in Zimbabwe suggest?
That they traded with China.
The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is the hajj?
Why did the Ottomans and Safavids have conflict?
Because the Ottomans saw the Safavids as heretics.
What was the capital of Ghana with two walled towns?
What is Kumbi Saleh?
What Ethiopian king built rock churches?
Who is King Lalibela?
In Muslim societies, handicraft manufacturing was usually organized by what?
What are guilds?
Successor to Muhammad as both political and religious leader.
What is a caliph?
What belief do Sikhs and Muslims share?
Rejection of the caste system.
What do scholars believe caused the decline of Great Zimbabwe?
What is overpopulation?
What ancient text claimed Ethiopia’s kings were descendants of Jewish ancestors?
What is The Glory of Kings?
Why was salt valuable in West Africa?
Because it was scarce and preserved food.
Muslim art avoided portraying what in religious paintings?
What are human figures?