Transcript Islam/Africa Review - Anderson School District One

The Great Unit
Review
Africa and Islam
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/t231897/
Arabia is referred to as a “crossroads “ location by
geographers due to …
Different cultures living there
Trade routes linking Africa, Europe and Asia running through it
The physical feature that dominates the landscape of
Arabia is…
Fertile oasis
Sandy deserts
A nomad is a person that ….
Travels from place to place.
Settled in an oasis.
A mansa is…
A group of elders that counseled Sundiata on important issues.
Local leaders who held both political and religious roles in Malian
society.
Most of Africa lies between these two lines of latitude.
The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Aquarius.
A savannah is…
A hot, dry desert covered with coarse sand.
Land covered with coarse grass.
Deep valley in Eastern Africa caused by a crack in the
earth’s surface.
The Great Drifting Valley
The Great Rift Valley
During the Middle Ages, most of African society was
organized into..
Castes
Villages
By what method were the beliefs, history, and traditions
passed along?
Through diviners.
By storytellers.
Men and women in traditional West Africa society were loyal to their
____________ and ____________. Great civilizations arose along
nobility, extended family
age sets, elders
the ____________ where their traditional religious practice was
Nile River, Niger River
centered on the belief that _____________ is shown in their
the spirit of ancestors stayed nearby, each person lived several lives
animistic belief reveals that they __________. The people south
kept religious practice separate from daily lives, relied on nature to survive
Of the Sahara traded their _________ for salt which was so valued
copper, gold
due to __________________________.
being necessary for medicines, being needed in people’s diets
Silent barter was used by the gold and salt
traders since it…
Choose the best answer!
allowed traders to take advantage of the people they were trading
with.
ensured that trading was peaceful and that locations of mines remained
secret.
allowed people who did not speak the same language to trade.
was the best method to keep the cost of trades to a minimum.
Ghana’s kings were quite intelligent and showed that by:
The way they governed:
Yes No
Delegating power to governors who answered only to the king.
Yes No
Allowed people in other territories to choose their own
leaders.
Making money for their kingdom:
Yes No
Being smart businessmen taxed the trade goods passing
through their land.
Yes No
Took money from the poor by taxing them heavily.
Which of the following best illustrates a similarity
between the development of the Ghana and Mali
empires?
Both empires lay along the upper Niger River, where fertile soil made
food plentiful.
Both empires were helped by outsiders.
Both empires took advantage of large gold mines within their empires to
fund their armies.
Both empires were formed as democracies.
Pick the ways that Mansa Musa spread Islam
and education throughout Mali.
Hiring artists and architects to build Mosques in Mali.
Sending scholars to study in Morocco and then to set up schools in Mali.
Stressed the importance of reading and writing in Arabic, the language
of the Qur’an.
Outlawed all religions except Islam.
Which region receives the most rainfall?
Sahel
Savannah
Rain forest
Sahara
Which region receives the least rainfall?
Sahel
Savannah
Rain forest
Sahara
Few wooden sculptures can be found from the
Middle Ages since…
Few African sculptors
worked with wood
Anansi destroyed all
wooden statues in 1066
When oil ran out
people burned wood
for fuel
Wood cannot survive in
the damp climate
Which civilization was known for its stone
walls?
Mali
Ghana
Zimbabwe
Songhai
What did the early followers of Islam,
Judaism, and Christianity all have in common?
All believed that
Muhammad was a
prophet
All believed that Jesus
was the son of God
All believed that there
were many Gods
All believed that there
was only one God
Which of the following is the central teaching
of Islam?
Allah is the only God
and Muhammad is his
prophet
Allah will grant life in
paradise to all who
obey him
On the final day Allah
will judge all people
Muslims must wash
before praying to be
pure before Allah
Muslims showed tolerance by?
Converting others to
Islam
Accepting other
people’s religious
beliefs
Allowing only Christian
Conquering the Berbers
to practice their religion
Janissaries were?
Sunni Muslim soldiers
in the Safavid Empire
Prisoners taken by the
Mughal Empire
Muslim soldiers who
converted to
Christianity
Slave soldiers in the
Ottoman Empire
When Muslims conquered other people the
exchange of beliefs and customs lead to …
Islam becoming less popular.
Different cultures blending together.
Trade became less important.
The Muslim Empire decreased in size.
In what way were the effects of trade and
tolerance on the Muslim world similar…
Both allowed other cultures to influence the
Muslim world.
Both caused Muslims to ignore the influence of
other cultures.
Both caused Islam to stop spreading.
Both made new products available to Muslims.
The best description of the Ottoman Empire between
1453 and 1566:
Yes No
It became too large to be ruled from the
capital.
Yes No
It lost many battles and territories.
Yes No
It united all of the Muslim empires.
Yes No
It greatly expanded its power and territories.
The Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires…
Yes No
Tried to expand their territory through
warfare
Yes No
Were ruled by leaders called shahs.
Yes No
Wanted to convert other Muslim to Shiism.
Yes No
Practiced religious tolerance throughout their
entire history.
The Five Pillars of Faith…
Yes No
Are the acts of worship required of all Muslims
Yes No
Are the basis for law in Muslim countries.
Yes No
Are stories about the life of Muhammad.
Yes No
Are rules about how Muslims should treat
others.
The Qur’an is similar to holy books of other
religions in that it …
Describes guidelines for
moral behavior.
States that Islam is the
true religion.
Prohibits the owning of
slaves.
Describes the life of
Muhammad.
What is the correct order????
1.
Muhammad received messages from
God through an angel.
2.
Muhammad began to tell people about
messages from God.
3.
Muhammad taught that there was
only one God.
4.
Muhammad meditated in a cave
outside Mecca.
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