Timbuktu

Timbuktu

By Caitlin Irwin

Multiple Choice

Natural resources are:

• things from nature that are VALUABLE to humans

• Helpful information for traveling

• NOT VALUABLE

• Made by humans for trade

Multiple Choice

What was used to travel across the Sahara?

• Wagons

• Ships

• Chariots

• Camels

Multiple Choice

What were the two major items traded along the Trans Saharan Trade routes?

• Pepper and Silver

• Gold and Salt

• Platinum and Oregano

• Gunpowder and Tea

Like Ghana, Mali controlled West African trade. The leaders of Mali set up their capital in Niani. Mali had fair leaders. They created strong trade and farming to help Mali become rich.

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Multiple Choice

How did Mali become wealthy?

• Trade and Farming

• War and Conquering others

The leaders of Mali also increased trade in the cities along the Niger River. The new leaders of Mali took the proud title mansa, which means emperor.

Multiple Choice

In Mali, Emperors had the title:

• Sapa

• Mansa

• Pharaoh

Many important cities developed and prospered in the Mali Empire. Timbuktu was one of these cities.

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Timbuktu is located at the bend of the Niger River. The people of the desert and the people of the river met at this spot to trade their goods.

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Multiple Choice

Timbuktu is located on the:

• Nile River

• Niger River

• Pacific River

• Euphrates River

Over the years, Timbuktu grew from a group of tents into a great center for learning and trade. People throughout Asia, Europe and Africa recognized its name.

Timbuktu had many mosques, libraries, and schools.

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The city also had a famous Muslim university.

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Muslim scholars throughout Africa traveled to Timbuktu to study at the university.

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Mosque: a building used for public worship by Muslims​

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At the end of the 1200s, under a Muslim king, Islam and the Muslim holy book, the Koran, became the basis for new laws, the tax system, and education in Mali.

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Multiple Choice

The people of Mali were:

• Muslim

• not Religious

• polytheistic

• Christian

Open Ended

Why is Timbuktu an important city?