Islam spread and had a large influence on communities in this region.
What is West Africa
100
List one Islamic influence on West Africa's Language
What is Arabic writing on a tablet or book.
100
What first brought Islam to West Africa?
What is Trans-Saharan trade
100
What was one artistic form that both West Africans and Muslims valued even before their cultures met?
What is Geometric Designs.
200
List one Islamic influence on West Africa's Architectural styles
What is mud and projecting beams, minarets, an element of a mosque, rectangular building with a flat roof.
200
List one Islamic influence on West Africa's Religious Practices
What is Mosque, the Islamic place of worship, children/people studied the Quran, celebration of Islamic festivals, people praying.
200
Mali first appeared on a European map in 1339. What does its appearance there reflect?
What is Mali had become an important Empire.
300
List one Islamic influence on West Africa's Education
What is a love of books and the importance of education at all ages, Qur'anic schools, tablets used by students to study the Qur'an.
300
List one Islamic influence on West Africa's Government and Law
What is Shariah Court, Emir the ruler in Islamic lands
300
Why did Islam spread fairly easily in Mali?
What is People in Mali practiced Islam with their traditional religions.
400
List one Islamic influence on West Africa's Decorative Art
What is Geometric Designs on walls, textiles, and clothes.
400
West Africans built mosques that blended Islamic architectural style with their own traditional religious art. This shows:
What is how west Africans adopted Islam to their own cultures.
400
What would be the best title for this list of changes: The line of succession became patrilineal, The government became more centralized, West Africans adopted Shari'ah.
* Islam's effects on West African governments
* West African's adopted Shari'ah
*The line of succession became patrilineal.
What is Islam's effects on West African governments
500
List all of the areas in which Islam influenced communities in West Africa.
What is Architectural Styles, Education, Decorative Arts, Language, Religious Practices, and Government and Law.
500
What was the most important feature of education in Muslim West Africa?
What is It was based on studying Islam.
500
How did people of West Africa maintain their native language?