Africa

Question 1

Early Kush was influenced by

Answer 1

Egypt

Question 2

This percentage of Africans are Muslim

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

Persian and Arabic influences helped develop this culture

Answer 3

Swahili

Question 4

This kingdom in West Africa grew wealthy in the gold-for-salt trade

Answer 4

Ghana

Question 5

Islamic principle of giving to charity

Answer 5

Zakat

Question 6

An East African country that did not convert to Islam

Answer 6

Ethiopia

Question 7

African country that was the first to convert to Christianity

Answer 7

Egypt (Nubia)

Question 8

The first country to bring Christianity to Africa

Answer 8

Portugal

Question 9

Ancient African kingdom that conquered part of Egypt and copied its culture by building pyramids

Answer 9

Kush

Question 10

First African country to convert to Islam

Answer 10

Egypt

Question 11

The Shona people gained control over this empire’s gold trade

Answer 11

Songhai

Question 12

The Mali leader built this area into a leading center of Islamic learning and culture

Answer 12

Timbuktu

Question 13

Trade with Arab countries brought this religion to Africa

Answer 13

Islam

Question 14

The center of learning in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1300s and 1400s was

Answer 14

Timbuktu

Question 15

The purpose of European missionaries in Africa was

Answer 15

Build schools, hospitals and churches

Spread Christianity

Question 16

How did Islam spread across Africa?

Answer 16

The rulers tended to convert first

Question 17

Why didn’t the interior of Africa convert to Islam as quickly as other parts?

Answer 17

Trade was difficult there, making interactions with others rare

Question 18

How did the Swahili culture develop in East Africa?

Answer 18

Through the spread of the language and trade with Swahili speakers

Question 19

Aksum became a prosperous kingdom because

Answer 19

Trade routes from the Red Sea into Egypt and Africa passed through it

Question 20

Leader of Mali who supported the arts and made Timbuktu a cultural center

Answer 20

Mansa Musa

Question 21

What is a similarity between how Islam and Christianity spread across Africa?

Answer 21

Both had groups that built schools to teach literacy as well as religion

Question 22

What helped both Islam and Christianity spread across Africa?

Answer 22

Trade

Question 23

These groups set up trading centers along the East African coast

Answer 23

Persia
Indonesia
Arab groups