24.25 - WH U3 Test

Which TWO areas were advanced during the Islamic Golden Age?

• mathematics

• science

• history

• war tactics

Which is an unintentional effect of Mansa Musa's hajj?

• the value of gold depreciates (declines) in Egyptian cities

• Mali culture is infused in Mecca

• the fall of trade cities in Ghana

• the spread of Islamic languages into Europe

Who would be the most likely person to have drawn the image below to depict growing knowledge of the human body?

• Ibn Battuta

• Ibn Sina

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

Which Islamic empire took over control of much of the land that once belonged to the Byzantine Empire in Asia, Africa, and Europe?

• Ottoman

• Safavid

• Mughal

• Roman

What conclusion can be drawn from Ibn Battuta's journals that write of far away trade cities and long journeys?

• far away civilizations and cultures impacted East African kingdoms and societies

• the invention of the steam ship helped traders travel further in a shorter time

• cultural diffusion didn't happen in Eastern African kingdoms because they were isolated

• Islam is the only religion that East African kingdoms came into contact with

What actions encouraged the spread of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula to Western African kingdoms located in sub-Saharan Africa?

• The Holy royal guards of Mecca traveled to seek out new civilizations to enslave to build mosques in Mecca

• Muslim traders married women from new civilizations to encourage strengthened trade routes and loyalty to Muslim empires

• Trade routes brought cultural diffusion and population migration as Islamic empires and populations expanded and grew

• Muslim emperors sought to take back land that was considered holy to the Islamic religion, leading to never-ending expansion

Through his travels to Mecca, Mansa Musa gave away 1,250 pounds of gold in Cairo, Mecca, and Medina as charitable donations to the cities he visited on his hajj. He also requested several mosques to be built for him to worship at. Which statement below is an accurate description based on this knowledge of Mansa Musa?

• He was a rich emperor who was truly devoted to the Islamic faith

• He was a cruel emperor who only focused on conquering other lands

• He was a strong Christian emperor who sought out new janissaries for his crusade

• He was a poor emperor who kept his empire isolated from the outside world

China was the leading location of new innovations such as explosives so the Gunpowder kingdoms had new inventions before Europe as these inventions traveled from China across trade routes in the Muslim Gunpowder kingdoms.

• True

• False

Alexander the Great expanded the kingdom of Macedon just like __________ the Magnificent expanded the Ottoman Empire.

• Mehmed II

• Mehmed III

• Sundiata

• Suleyman

Mansa Musa traveled beyond African trade routes on his pilgrimage to...

• Fez

• Mecca

• Taghaza

• Cairo