History: Central and West Africa

Which of the following is a reason why the demand for salt was as high as gold at one time? 

• Salt could be used as medicine.

• Salt was necessary to preserve meat.

• Mansa Musa gave away so much gold that salt was more rare than gold.

• People did not know that items could be made out of gold.

Which empire became rich from its control and trade of gold and salt?

• The Bantu

• The Mali Empire

• The Ghana Empire

• The Songhai Empire

Mansa Musa was the leader of which Empire?

• Timbuktu

• The Mali Empire

• The Songhai empire

•  The Ghana Empire

The first Mali leader was Sundiata - what does this stand for?

• The King of Islam

• The founder of Timbuktu

• The Lion King

• The uprising King

What do some people think about Timbuktu?

• It was a myth

• It was the cause of the civil war

• It was over developed

• It is the holy land for Muslims

When did European's begin to colonize the new world?

• 1200's

• 1300's

• 1400's

• 1500's

By the 1600's what were European traders looking to trade?

• Salt

• Gold

• People

• Silk

Where were the invaders who sacked Timbuktu, resulting in the fall of the Sobghai, from?

• Algeria

• Morocco

• Libya

• Mongolia

Which religious pilgrimage did Mansa Musa take with 60,000 attendants, 100 camels, 12,000 slaves and two tons of gold?

• A trip to the Wailing Wall

• The Hajj

• The 5 pillars of Islam

• A trip to the Vatican city

How many years of dominance did the Ghana Empire have?

• 300 years

• 400 years

• 600 years

• 800 years