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Why did Mansa Musa build a university in Timbuktu?
He wanted to learned read.
He wanted to build a school for his children.
He wanted scholars and trade to come to Mali.
What geographic feature in northern Africa limited Western African civilizations contact with Europe and Asia?
Niger River
Nile River
Sahara Desert
Senegal River
What natural resource in West Africa was valued as much as gold?
Salt
Iron
Ivory
Kola nuts
Timbuktu, Djenne, and Gao all became major centers of what in West Africa?
Trade
Education
Culture
All are correct
Why was none of West Africa's history written down before the introduction of the Arabic language?
West Africa had no writing system
The Umayyads ordered all writings be destroyed
All records were lost in a great fire
None are correct
Mansa Musa traveled to the Muslim Holy City of __________ located in the present day country of __________________.
Cairo, Egypt
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Mecca, Egypt
Timbuktu, Mali
Another name for a pharaoh or king is...
Mansa
Sultan
What does Musa have in common with Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and others in the article?
Wealthiest Men in History
they all tried to collect gold
they have nothing in common
they all Conquered Nations
Musa's wealth was a result of his empire's vast resources of(select 2)...
Salt
Gold
Copper
Spices
Papyrus
What Egyptian city did Musa visit on his way to Mecca?
Rome
Thebes
Cairo
Mecca
"As evidenced by his hajj, Musa took his Islamic faith very seriously."---what was his hajj?
sharing gold
building Timbuktu
pilgrimage(journey) to Mecca
waging war with enemies
On every Friday during his hajj to Mecca Musa ordered the building of a ...
home for the poor.
gold statue of himself.
mosque or Muslim place of worship.
golden throne.
What did Musa give to the poor, which is also a main Islamic belief and practice?
salt
a new home
peace and wisdom
gold
This term means the blending of cultures...Mansa Musa helped do this when he spread Islam throughout Northern and Western Africa.
interdependence
ethnocentrism
cultural diffusion
assimilation
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