Mali

How was Mali's location important?

• near the Niger River

• close to the trade routes

• between the gold and salt trade

• all of the above

Mali declined because

• Mansa Musa died

• they lost control of the trade over time

• Ghana reclaimed their land

• Berbers destroyed everyone

Timbuktu was

• a city in Mali

• a river near Mali

• a major center for trade, wealth and learning

• Mansa Musa's wife

This person founded Mali and captured the capital of Ghana -Koumbi Saleh

• Almoravids

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

• Berbers

How were Ghana and Mali most alike?

• both were powerful through trade close to the Niger River

• both were started by the Berbers

• both gained tributes from nearby neighbors

• both focused on Islam as their religion

What showed cultural blending in West Africa?

• people worshiped their ancestors

• many became Muslims

• Islam blended with their old traditions

• all of the above

Where did Mansa Musa leave so much gold that it lost its value?

• Ghana

• China

• Mesopotamia

• Cairo, Egypt

Mansa Musa brought back Muslim scholars to teach basic beliefs of which religion?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Buddhism

Why did the Mali empire begin to decline?

• They ran out of gold.

• Mansa Musa died.

• Disease overtook the people.

• The kingdom was flooded.

Which empire replaced the Mali Empire?

• Songhai

• Ghana

• Nubia

• Kush