G4 HG Ch.3 Task

1 How was trade carried on in medieval Africa?

2 What goods were being transported by the camels in this

caravan and why?

3 What physical characteristics of camels made them particularly

well-suited for long trips across the hot desert?

4 What were some of the challenges that traders crossing the

Sahara might have faced?

5 What did traders get from oases? What did they get from

western Africa?

6 Why were traders willing to risk crossing the dangerous

Sahara?

7 What did traders carry and trade that could not be seen, felt,

smelled, or tasted?

8 What effect do you think the exchange of ideas and

culture had?