What was the first major West African Empire to participate in trading Salt and Gold on the Silk Road?

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

• Benin

What Empire eventually conquered the Mali Empire?

• Songhai

• Ottoman

• Mongol

• Roman

City established as the learning center of the Mali Empire: ________

• Timbuktu

• Cairo

• Marrakesh

• Lagos

A handwoven, brightly colored fabric: ________

• Kente

• Denim

• Tweed

• Linen

Storytellers: ________

• Griot

• Scribe

• Merchant

• Warrior

Short sayings of wisdom or truth: ________

• Proverbs

• Novels

• Journals

• Essays

The most famous Muslim King of Mali: ________

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Askia Muhammad

• Sunni Ali

A process in which people exchange goods without ever contacting each other directly: ________

• Silent Barter

• Direct Trade

• Barter Market

• Face-to-Face Exchange

The belief that bodies of water, animals, and trees, and other natural objects have spirits: ________

• Animism

• Polytheism

• Atheism

• Totemism

Long, deep valleys formed by the movement of the Earth’s crust: ________

• Rift

• Plateau

• Delta

• Archipelago