Answers Social Studies 8 - LIU Summer Society, Culture, and Trade in Early West African SocietiesQuestion 6

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Society, Culture, and Trade in Early West African Societies

Question 6 • Social Studies 8 - LIU Summer

Why were West African trading centers home to many people who adopted Islam?

Answer

A

Many of the original holy cities of Islam were located in West Africa.

B

Islamic merchants threatened West Africans who practiced animism.

C

West African kings forced the lower classes to follow the new religion.

D

Arab traders settled in West Africa and built mosques and libraries there.

Explanation

Arab and other Muslim traders traveled to West African trading centers to exchange goods. Some settled there and established mosques and centers of learning, such as libraries, helping Islam spread among local people. The holy cities of Islam were in Arabia, not West Africa, so A is incorrect.

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