North Africa Flashcard

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What religion did Mansa Musa practice? Options: Islam, Christianity, Animism

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Islam

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What did Mansa Musa give away on his journey to Mecca? Options: gold, silver, salt

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gold

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Ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols

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hieroglyphics

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Where did most the Egyptian population live? Options: along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, along the coast of the Red Sea, along the coast of the Nile River, in the desert

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along the coast of the Nile River

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Why did the ancient Egyptians build the structures depicted in picture above?

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as burial sites for the pharaohs

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What body of water does the Nile River flow into?

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Mediterranean Sea

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The process that changes solid rock into sediments.

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Weathering

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What is alluvial disposition?

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The process in which silt is deposited on river valleys after annual flooding.

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The 3 kingdoms that were a part of the gold-salt trade?

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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

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Ghana and Mali, controlled trade of which TWO items? (Options: Gold and fish, Gold and salt, Gold and timber, Gold and bronze)

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Gold and salt