Islamic Faith
West Africa
Vocab
Vocab Cont
Vocab Cont
100
What is an important duty that Islamic followers are supposed to give up in the Islamic faith?
What is giving up selfish desires?
100
What were two of the most highly traded goods in West Africa?
What is Gold and Salt?
100
The term for successor to the Prophet Muhammed?
What is Caliph?
100
Term for the Islamic Holy Book
What is Qu'ran?
100
A religion that means "to submit to the will of Allah?"
What is Islam?
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 and Salt trade?
200
Which city was the leading center of learning in the kingdom of Mali?
What is Timbuktu?
200
The term for "holy war" or struggle to defend faith in the Muslim culture?
What is jihad?
200
Continent that the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were located?
What is Africa?
300
What was a significant effect of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?
What is brought back Islamic scholars that allowed for the Spread of the Islamic Faith in Western Africa?
300
Name a similarity between the Silk Road and the West African trade routes.
What is spread of cultural ideas as well as items?
300
Who was a great ruler in the Kingdom of Mali who took a pilgrimage to Mecca?
Who is Mansa Musa?
300
Language that became the main language of the traders in North Africa and the Middle East?
What is Arabic?
400
What are the 5 pillars of the Islamic Faith?
What is prayer, faith, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage?
400
Why do historians value the writings of Ibn Battuta?
What is provided a primary source for the events of Western Africa at this time?
400
Which city is a center of the Islamic faith?
What is Mecca?
400
An Islamic building of worship?
What is a Mosque?
500
What is the Holy Month where Muslims fast from dawn until sunset?
What is Ramadan?
500
Put these 3 civilizations in order on a time line from first to last: Ghana, Songhai, and Mali.
What is Ghana, Mali, Songhai?
500
Which Islamic group believed in electing a new caliph to succeed the deceased prophet Muhammed?
What is Sunni?
500
The term for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the Islamic Faith?
What is a Hajj?
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