Islamic Faith
West Africa
Vocab
Vocab Cont.
100
What is an important duty of the Islamic followers?
What is the giving up of selfish desires?
100
What were two of the most highly traded goods in West Africa?
What is gold and salt?
100
What is the term for successor to the Prophet Muhammed?
What is the caliph?
100
Term for the Islamic holy book
What is the Qur'an
200
Name a characteristic of the "Golden Age" in Muslim culture.
What is advancements in Math and Science?
200
How were the civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai all similiar?
What is benefited from the gold salt trade?
200
What is the term for "holy war" or struggle to defend faith in the Muslim culture?
What is jihad?
200
Which city was the leading center of learning in the kingdom of Mali?
What is Timbuktu?
300
What was a significant effect of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?
What is brought back scholars of the Islamic faith which led to the spread of the culture in Western Africa?
300
Name a similarity between the Silk Road and the West African trade routes.
What is an exchange of items as well as cultural ideas?
300
Who was a great ruler in the Kingdom of Mali who took a pilgrimage to Mecca?
Who is Mansa Musa?
400
What are the 5 pillars of the Islamic Faith?
What is faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage?
400
Why do historians value the writings of Ibn Battuta?
What is he provided primary sources of what he observed in Western Africa during this time period?
400
Which city is a center of the Islamic faith as well as trade?
What is Mecca?
500
Which Islamic group believed in electing a new caliph to succeed the deceased prophet Muhammed?
Who are the Sunni people?
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