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WorksheetsAncient Mali
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
This river was key to trade in Mali.
The Nile River
The Congo River
The Zaire River
The Niger River
What words described the kings of Ancient Mali?
Weak and small
Did not influence trade
Wealthy and powerful
Didn't control trade
This was used as currency for trade.
Gold dust
Other goods
Salt
Diamonds
The most important trade in Mali was...
Olive Oil
Ceramics
Cloth
Salt
What valuable natural resource was mined to the south of Ancient Mali (in West Africa) and was traded for salt?
Platinum
Copper
Silver
Gold
What does this artifact tell us about Ancient Mali?
This civilization had very few natural resources
Ancient Mali was located near the sea and used that for transportation
Ancient Mali was an empire with lots of leaders
Ancient Mali was an empire that had powerful kings and gold was an important resource
Where were the salt mines located?
The grasslands
The Sahara desert
In the Niger River
Atlas Mountains
The storytellers in Ancient Mali were called
pharohs
authors
griots
grapes
Which describes the Empire of Mali?
Mali was a poor empire located along a river in Asia with no natural resources
Mali was a wealthy empire located along the Niger River in Africa where gold was a natural resource
Mali was a wealthy empire located in Europe that traded across the Mediterranean Sea
Mali was a poor but powerful empire that had many natural resources and didn't trade with anybody
