West African Empires Trivia Questions

8 Questions | By Jonathan.becker | Updated: Mar 19, 2022 | Attempts: 380

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Today we’ll be testing you on West African Empires – which include The Nok Civilisation, The Kingdom of Nri, The Oyo Empire, Kaabu Empire, Benin Empire, Aro Confederacy, Bonoman, Kong Empire and more. What do you know about them?

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1.

Which statement best describes how far the religion of Islam had spread by the 1100's?
- A.
  
  Islam spread throughout Africa, Europe, and Southwest Asia
- B.
  
  Islam spread to northern Africa, Southwest Asia, and parts of Europe
- C.
  
  Islam had not spread beyond Southwest Asia
2.

Islam had spread to Timbuktu, Tadmekka and Mogadishu by what year?
- A.
  
  750 AD
- B.
  
  900 AD
- C.
  
  1100 AD
- D.
  
  1500 AD
3.

The traders from Arabia traveled _______________ (north, south, east or west) to ___________________ ( a city on the Niger River) to trade salt for _____________.
- A.
  
  East; Taghaza; gold
- B.
  
  West; Taghaza; salt
- C.
  
  North; Cairo; gold
- D.
  
  West; Timbuktu; gold
4.

Mansa Musa ruled Mali from 1312 to 1337 and is famous for _____________________________.
- A.
  
  Spreading Islam throughout the empire and making a journey to Mecca
- B.
  
  Forcing people to convert to Islam or have them killed
- C.
  
  Starting the Ghana Empire
- D.
  
  Bringing the end to the Mali Empire
5.

Define "trans-Sahara trade"
- A.
  
  Trade with silent exchanges
- B.
  
  Trade across the desert, Sahara
- C.
  
  Trade through bribery
- D.
  
  Under the Sahara trade
6.

Check all the boxes of what is TRUE abou the Songhai Empire.
- A.
  
  Askia Muhammed became king and spread Islam
- B.
  
  They were the first empire in West Africa
- C.
  
  They were strong because they controlled the trans-Saharan trade
7.

Both Mansa Musa and Askia Muhammed demonstrated their Muslim faith by:
- A.
  
  Baptizing their first born sons in the Jordan River
- B.
  
  Worshipping God in Jewish temples
- C.
  
  Being crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope
- D.
  
  Making a pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca
8.

I am the name of the first ancient west African empire and the name of a modern day country, as well.
- A.
  
  Nigeria
- B.
  
  Songhai
- C.
  
  Ghana
- D.
  
  Morocco