Islam and West Africa Unit Test

Be prepared to write a long paragraph to answer this question:

How did the distant regions of the world (West Africa, North Africa, and Middle East/Asia) become more interconnected through the spread of Islam, the gold/salt trade and Mansa Musa's hajj?

The test will include multiple choice and short answer questions covering these topics:

• The life of Muhammad
• The basic principals of Islam
• How the Islamic caliphate spread across North Africa into Southern Europe to become an empire twice as large as Rome.
• The gold/salt trade in West Africa
• Mansa Musa
• Ibn Battuta
• How Mali became a site of encounter
• The effects of the exchanges at Mali

Review your study guide and your history spiral.  

Reread the handouts and articles you have in your binder.

Watch the short videos posted below.

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