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What continent is ancient Mali located in?

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Africa

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What is an important city in Mali?

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Timbuktu

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What two resources did the ancient Malians trade?

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gold and salt

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What geographical feature were most early cities located next to?

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rivers

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What led to ancient Mali's growth in wealth and power? Options: storytelling, pottery making, trading, farming

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trading

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Mali is located between the salt minds in the Sahara and the--

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gold mines

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Choose the correct 3 human resources of Ancient Mali: roadbuilders, farmers and traders; miners, farmers and traders; shipbuilders, roadbuilders and farmers; writers, miners and traders.

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miners, farmers and traders

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Why do people trade?

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to get things they need but do not have

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Salt was an important natural resource. What was salt so important?

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because they used it to preserve food and better their health

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Why were storytellers important in the Mali culture?

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They passed stories and traditions down because written form of storytelling did not exist.