Ancient Mali Review

The most important resource in Mali is

• vegetables

• gold

• salt

• pepper

The word ancient means_______

• The future

• Space

• Wealthy

• Long, long ago

Mali is located on the continent of_________

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• North America

The griots of Mali were_______

• storytellers

• kings

• traders

• warriors

The two major items traded in Mali were _______and________

• sugar and spice

• salt and gold

• vegetables and tools

• diamonds and pottery

The head of the government in Mali was a ________ or king.

• lord

• prime minister

• president

• mansa

The kings were _________ and __________

• big and tall

• poor and weak

• wealthy and powerful

• mean and scary

Mali grew in wealth and power because of the ____________

• good farming

• trading routes

• good weather

• university

Mali had a great city called ____________

• San Francisco

• Hong Kong

• Timbuktu

• Rome

The city of Timbuktu had a famous ____________ with a library filled with books from Greece and Rome.

• palace

• market

• castle

• university