Match the cause with the effect

Question

Effects: traditional African religions and Islam became very common in early African societies, berbers discovered that camels could cover greater distances than other pack animals and could travel up to ten days without water, the East African coast was easily accessible to Arab traders and a lot of evidence still exists today, west Africa was also impacted by the spread of Islam, west African empire made much of their wealth by exporting salt, traders along the Indian Ocean were impacted by the physical geography and stopped in ports, traders along the Indian Ocean were impacted by the physical geography and stopped in ports, as the global economy changed in the 17th century European countries began infiltrating Africa, trade with the Middle East and Africa, the once powerful African empires continued to be impacted by the European powers not only economically but also by the cultures that they brought with them
Causes: Swahili is a mixture of Arabic and African languages, today Christianity is the most practiced religion in Africa, nomads found new routes across the desert and trade increased, cultural diffusion occurred with the sharing and combining of cultural ideas and religion, mansa musa leader of mali practiced Islam and went on a hajj to mecca, north and South Africa are mainly isolated from one another due to their desert locations and the dense rainforests that exist in central Africa, many Africans societies would wear amulets to show that they were Muslim converts, the kingdom of Kongo lost control of the slave trade and the Swahili coasts lost its power to extract resources, due to an economy built on exporting salt it allowed places like Timbuktu to import books, Asian economies grew from these markets

Answer 1

Here’s a matching of the causes to the effects provided:

1. Cause: Nomads found new routes across the desert and trade increased

   • Effect: Berbers discovered that camels could cover greater distances than other pack animals and could travel up to ten days without water

2. Cause: Cultural diffusion occurred with the sharing and combining of cultural ideas and religion

   • Effect: Traditional African religions and Islam became very common in early African societies

3. Cause: Mansa Musa, leader of Mali, practiced Islam and went on a hajj to Mecca

   • Effect: West Africa was also impacted by the spread of Islam

4. Cause: The kingdom of Kongo lost control of the slave trade and the Swahili coasts lost its power to extract resources

   • Effect: The once powerful African empires continued to be impacted by the European powers not only economically but also by the cultures that they brought with them

5. Cause: Swahili is a mixture of Arabic and African languages

   • Effect: The East African coast was easily accessible to Arab traders and a lot of evidence still exists today

6. Cause: Due to an economy built on exporting salt it allowed places like Timbuktu to import books

   • Effect: West African empire made much of their wealth by exporting salt

7. Cause: North and South Africa are mainly isolated from one another due to their desert locations and the dense rainforests that exist in central Africa

   • Effect: Traders along the Indian Ocean were impacted by the physical geography and stopped in ports

8. Cause: As the global economy changed in the 17th century European countries began infiltrating Africa

   • Effect: Trade with the Middle East and Africa

9. Cause: Many African societies would wear amulets to show that they were Muslim converts

   • Effect: Today Christianity is the most practiced religion in Africa

Please note that some effects might be more broadly applicable than others depending on historical contexts, and certain causes/effects might overlap.