Unit 3 Review - Africa in the Middle Ages

The largest desert in the world

• Gobi
• Sahara
• Arabian
• Kalahari

Group of nomads that first started trading across the Sahara

• Almoravids
• Ghana
• Mali
• Berbers

Carrying goods on the trans-Saharan trade route was

• difficult and dangerous
• simple and safe

Camels are perfect for desert trade because they

• can carry heavy loads
• can travel long distances
• can go a long time without water
• all of the choices

Trans-Saharan trade was so dangerous because

• the risk of getting lost
• the risk of heat and sandstorms
• the risk of nomad robbers
• all of the choices

The best place to trade goods in the Sahara desert.

• oasis
• Niger River
• savanna
• caves at night

What was the advantage of trans-Saharan trade?

• merchants make money
• people get rare goods
• contact with other cultures
• all of the choices

During the Middle Ages, West Africa's most value trade goods were

• ivory and oil
• salt and ivory
• salt and gold
• gold and slaves

Salt was useful for

• preserving food
• paying soldiers
• building mosques
• feeding camels

Salt was scarce meaning it was

• plentiful
• in short supply
• abundent
• unlimited