Ancient Egyptians
Silk Road
Vocabulary
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mali Empire
100

What did the Mali Empire use as currency?

Salt and beads

100

What was the Silk Road?

A trading route

100

What does the word neolithic mean?

¨New stone age¨

100

What historical event happened during the middle passage? 

The Middle Passage

100

Who ruled the Mali Empire?

Mansa Musa

200

What would the Ancient Egyptians do in order to get their yearly flooding from the Nile River? 

Sing a hymn to the Nile River 

200

Was the silk trade route apart of cultural diffusion? 

Yes

200

What does religious mean?

Having a belief in a religion 
200

Where did the slave traders bring most slaves too?

The Portuguese colony of Brazil

200

What religion was Mansa Musa? 

Muslim

300

Where did the Egyptians get most of their resources from?

The Nile River

300

What was traded from Europe to China?

Horses and precious metals 

300

What does taxing mean?

A mandatory payment that must be charged and is collected by the government 

300

How long was the middle passage journey?

80 days


300

Where did the Mali Empire have salt and gold mines?

Salt mines in North

Gold mines in South


400

Who is the God of The Dead? 

Osiris

400

What was traded from China to Europe?

Silks, spices, paper, gunpowder 

400

What does pilgrimage mean?

A journey 
400

What did most slaves produce on plantations?

Sugar or molasses

400

Which person traveled the Mali Empire?

Ibn Battuta

500

What are the four factors of a civilization?

Environment, Protection, Water Access, Economic Opportunity 

500

Who wrote about his journey to the silk road?

Benjamin Of Tudela

500

What does cultural diffusion mean?

When things such as religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, and languages are spread and shared along routes

500

What was the transatlantic slave trade?

Exchange of African people for money and other goods

500

Why did the empire become so wealthy?

They start taxing the trade of items

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