Geography
Adaptations
Government
Economics
100
What continent was Ancient Mali located on?
Africa
100
How did the people of Mali adapt to their environment?
They traded and used the river as a road.
100
What kind of government did Ancient Mali have?
A king ruled the land and made all the laws
100
What was the main source of income for the people of Mali?
trading
200
Which region of Africa was the empire of Mali located in?
Western
200
What did the people of Ancient Mali use to travel besides ships?
Camels
200
What were the advisors to the King called?
griots
200
What is one thing the people of Mali specialized in?
salt trading
300
Describe the land of Ancient Mali
Dry and hot
300
The people of Mali adapted to the _____ enviroment by using salt to survive.
A. desert-like B. woodlands C. mountains D. swampy
300
What did the griots do to preserve the history of Ancient Mali?
They told stories for hundreds of years
300
Traders from Mali traded what two items?
salt and gold
400
What desert was located to the north of Ancient Mali?
Sahara Desert
400
Mali is hot and dry. This sentence is an example of:
A. surroundings B. climate C. weather D. enviroment
400
What was the name of the first King in Ancient Mali? (He was also known as the Lion King)
King Sundiata
400
Why was Mali so wealthy?
Leaders of Mali controlled trade in West Africa
500
What was the name of the river that flowed through Ancient Mali? Why was this river very important to the people of Ancient Mali?
Niger River, it was their only source of water and it was their main road.
500
The people of Ancient Mali specialized in salt trading because salt could be-
A. farmed on the hillsides B. stored in the mountains C. mined in the Sahara Desert D. grown along the banks of the Niger River
500
How is the government of Ancient Mali different than the government in Greece and Rome?
Greece had direct democracy and Rome had representative democracy. Mali had a King.
500
What natural resource was used for health and to preserve food?
salt
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