Unit 4 Lesson 16.3 Gold-Salt Trade
Authored by Donald Hayward
Social Studies
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were the two goods most in demand between North Africa and West Africa?
Gold and ivory
Salt and ivory
Gold and salt
Copper and salt
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Muslims need gold during the time of Ghana's empire?
To create coins from gold
To purchase salt from West Africa
To trade with North Africa
To purchase silk and porcelain from China
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why was salt important in West African culture and diet?
To purchase silk and porcelain from China
To create coins for trade
To use as a form of currency
To prevent food from spoiling and to give to cattle
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were the two ways salt was produced in the Sahara?
Mining and farming
Mining and evaporation
Fishing and farming
Fishing and evaporation
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the significance of Taghaza?
It was a village built with copper
It was a village built with ivory
It was a village built with salt
It was a village built with gold
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was Ghana's system of taxes on traded goods?
Traders did not pay taxes
Traders paid taxes only on gold and salt
Traders paid taxes only when they left Ghana
Traders paid taxes on all goods they carried through the empire
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Ghana's taxes enrich its treasury?
By charging one-sixth of an ounce of gold for each load of salt that came into the kingdom from the north
By charging slightly more than one ounce of gold per load of general merchandise
By charging one-third of an ounce of gold for each load of salt that traders exported out of the kingdom to the south
By charging five-eighths of an ounce of gold for each load of copper
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