Ghana and the Salt-Gold Trade

Ghana and the Salt-Gold Trade

Open Ended

2. Create a sentence using 3 of these 5 words:

WATER📍RIVER📍CROPS📍SOURCE📍TRANSPORTATION

Multiple Choice

Which description matches this region:

Savannah

• birds, butterflies, and tons of endemic plants

• grasslands, Serengeti, large mammal species

• ergs, regs, hamadas, and oases

• narrow band of semi-arid land, desertification

Multiple Choice

Ghana was located between which two rivers?

• Senegal and Niger

• Nile and Amazon

• Kern and American

• Mississippi and Missouri

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the large desert that covers most of northern Africa?

• The Sahara Desert

• The Mojave Desert

• The Nile Desert

• I don't know

​The Empire of Ghana

The Big Idea

The rulers of Ghana built an empire by controlling
the salt and gold trade.

Main Ideas

• Ghana controlled trade and became wealthy.

• Through its control of trade, Ghana built an empire.

• Ghana’s decline was caused by attacking invaders, overgrazing, and the loss of trade.

Multiple Choice

Ghana grew into a rich empire by controlling which two trade goods?

• Salt and Silver

• Gold and Salt

• Salt and Diamonds

• Gold and Sand

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• Ghana was located south of the Sahara desert, in WEST AFRICA

• Ghana became a powerful state only when it gained control of valuable trade routes.

• Ghana’s rulers gained power and wealth, and the military grew in strength, too. 

Multiple Choice

In which part of Africa was the Kingdom of Ghana located?

• North

• West

• East

• South

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• Silent Barter is a process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly.

• In Ghana, traders from the north would cross the Sahara and bring their salt. Gold miners came from the south to trade their gold. Without talking to each other, they would leave their goods and hit drums to signal that they were ready to trade. 

• Every trader that passed through Ghana paid a tax to Ghana’s rulers, making the empire very wealthy.

Multiple Choice

Why did the North Africans and Wangarans barter (trade) silently?

• They were shy

• To keep the location of the mines a secret

• They hated each other

• They smelled really bad

Multiple Choice

Which of the statements below correctly describes Ghana's silent barter system?

• This type of trade allowed people to trade with each other without ever coming in direct contact with them.

• Silent barter made it easy for traders to meet with each other in person discuss fair prices.

• Trading using silent barter allowed for multiple groups of people to meet together along the river banks to trade salt for gold.

• The silent barter system allowed for trade between people where they would hold up a sign indicating the price of an item to be sold.

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• Ghana’s kings used their great wealth to build a powerful army and conquered many of their neighbors, especially ones that had centers of trade...

• Many merchants (traders) felt safe crossing the Sahara in caravans to do business in Ghana and paid the tax to do business in their empire.

• To keep order in the empire, conquered kings were allowed to keep much of their power. They acted as governors of their territories.

Multiple Choice

What helped trade grow in the Sahara?

• Camels

• Trucks

Multiple Choice

How did the leaders of Ghana become wealthy?

• trade routes

• taxing traders

• mining gold 

• trading salt

Multiple Choice

Salt in ancient times was needed to

• add flavor to food

• replenish salt lost when we sweat

• preserve food before refrigerators

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of Trans Saharan trade?

• Trade through the Saharan Desert

• Trade below the Saharan Desert

• Trade around the Saharan Desert

• Trade above the Saharan Desert

Multiple Choice

Which of these goods were not a part of Ghana's trade?

• Gold

• Slaves

• Paper

• Salt

Multiple Choice

What gave the early people of the Kingdom of Ghana an advantage?

• Salt

• Iron tools

• Steel tools

• Gunpowder

The End!

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