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Why was salt such an important trade good in West Africa?

• West Africans gave salt to their animals.
• West Africans used it to preserve food.
• Salt was used in the animist religious rituals.
• It was used by families as a cleansing agent,

Which peoples inhabited West Africa in ancient times?

• the Bantu
• the Yoruba
• the Fang
• the Tutsi

Which of the following is West Africa's longest and most important river?

• Senegal River
• Nile River
• Niger River
• Black Volta River

This king of Mali is thought to be the richest person that ever lived

• Askia

• Mansa Musa

• Jeff Bezos

• Sundiata

Which of these is the region of West Africa

• A
• B
• C
• D

This region of Africa is mostly grassland

• Savannah
• Sahara
• Sahel
• Sundiata

These are the two valuable trade goods that made West Africa rich

• gold and salt

• silk and jade

• spices and tea

• silk and gold

Mansa Musa became famous during the Hajj he took to...

• Mecca

• Medina

• Cairo

• Timbuktu

An African Tribal Storyteller is a

• Reader

• Author

• Griot

• Muslim

Information from the past that you get from people talking to each other is

• written history

• artifacts

• conversation

• oral history