African Trading Kingdoms

Which of the following is NOT a use of salt discussed in class?

• Re-hydration (in drinks like Gatorade)

• Build dwellings (in places like the Sahara)

• Preserve food (in times before refrigeration)

• Create a ball to play Salt-soccer (in Northern Africa)

The major trading city of ancient Ghana was

• Timbuktu

• Kumbi Saleh

• Gao

• Djenne-Jeno

Storytellers, who passed down West African history through songs and poems are called

• Mansas

• Griots

• Koras

• Djembes

This is the "Lion King" who created the empire of Mali

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

• Askia Muhammad

• Sonni Ali-Ber

Sundiata defeated THIS evil sorcerer at the Battle of Kirina in 1235 C.E.

• Scar

• Shahriar

• Sheherazade

• Sumanguru

To accomplish his goal of making Mali "safe and prosperous," Sundiata...

• Went on a Hajj to Mecca

• Closed the Gold-Salt trading posts

• Attacked the Almoravids

• Converted Mali to Islam

This man is considered the greatest leader of ancient Mali

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

• Askia Muhammad

• Ibn Battuta

Which of the following is NOT true about Mansa Musa's famous Hajj?

• He brought back many scholars and artists to Timbuktu

• He, himself, never actually made it back to Mali

• Between 8,000-60,000 people were in his caravan

• The 4,600 mile journey took one year

THIS is the Muslim traveler who covered 75,000 miles in the 1300s, and wrote down his findings in his book, The Travels

• Askia Muhammad

• Sonni Ali-Ber

• Abu Bakr

• Ibn Battuta

The third (and final) of the West African Trading Kingdoms was...

• Egypt

• Nubia

• Congo

• Songhai