Ancient Mali Review

Which king's name means Lion King?

• Sundiata
• Mansa Musa
• Songhai
• Mandinka

What city was important to Mali?

• Niger
• Timbuktu
• Jenne
• Saleh

What did the people of Mali call their king?

• king
• mansa
• your majesty
• nothing special

What are Mali's natural resources?

• cactus
• salt
• gold
• salt and gold

Who would pass on stories and traditions from one generation to the next?

• mothers
• fathers
• griots
• kings

The people adapted to their environment by mining salt from where?

• Sahara Desert
• Niger River
• Timbuktu
• Ghana

Why did people need the salt?

• to make them strong
• to preserve their food
• to make food taste better
• so they could trade it

An example of economic specialization in Mali was what?

• mining gold or salt
• telling a story
• going to the library in Timbuktu

Which mansa brought the Mandinkan people together to form Mali?

• Sundiata
• Mansa Musa
• Songhai

How did the people use salt?

• to preserve food
• trade it for gold
• for their health
• for all of these reasons