Making Connections
Islam
Who/What am I?
Geography
The Empire Strikes Back
100
Blending the language of the Bantu people with those from Asia and the Middle East is an example of _______________.
What is cultural diffusion
100
The most holy city is Islam
What is Mecca
100
Animal that helped travelers and traders cross the Sahara Desert
What is camel
100
What geographic feature takes up a large part of Northern Africa?
What is the Sahara Desert
100
What kingdom overtook Ghana?
What is the Mali Empire
200
What places/areas did the sub-sharan trade connect?
What is Northern & West Africa/Middle East/Europe
200
The holy book of Islam
What is the Koran
200
African people who began a massive migration around 1000 B.C.
What is the Bantu people
200
What am I describing when talking about a place Africans sought to migrate to because it was well suited for farming, herding, and settling?
What is the savannah
200
What 3 African Kingdoms took turns controlling the major trading routes in Western Africa?
What is Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
300
What religion spread into Africa because of the successful Gold-Salt trade?
What is Islam
300
Which of the 5 pillars requires that during a specific month, people must fast when it is daylight?
What is Ramadan
300
The Mali king who converted to Islam and made a pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is Mansa Musa
300
What West African city was known for its role as a trading and learning center?
What is Timbuktu
300
Where did the Islamic empire originate? (name of the region)
What is the Middle East
400
What do Asoka, Mansa Musa, and Sulieman the Magnificent have in common?
What is ruled during a time of prosperity (a golden age)
400
The name of the Islamic Pillar for Muslims traveling to Mecca.
What is Pilgrimage/ Hajj
400
Traveled around the Western Hemisphere spreading Islam.
What is Ibn Battuta
400
Name a river that had a major impact on the development and success of the West African kingdoms
What is the Niger or Senegal River
400
Which empire developed algebra and used calligraphy?
What is the Islamic empire
500
What natural phenomenon helped those living east of Africa trade with the eastern trading states in Africa?
What is monsoon winds
500
What factor led to the split between the Sunni and the Shi'ites?
The Shi'ites believed that rulers had to be descendants of Ali (Muhammad's son) and Sunnis did not.
500
The largest kingdom in medieval Africa
What is the Songhai kingdom
500
The Ottomans and Northern Africans were both able to establish a strong trading empire because of this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea
500
What empire did the Ottomans take over?
What is the Byzantine Empire
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