Trade Routes
What desert did traders cross using camels in West Africa?
Sahara
What shiny yellow metal was very valuable and traded in Africa?
Gold
What was the famous trading city in Mali?
Timbuktu
Who was the richest king of Mali, famous for his hajj?
Mansa Musa
What is the system of buying and selling goods called?
trade
Trans-Saharan trade route
What white substance was traded and used to preserve food?
salt
What city on the Red Sea was part of the Aksum Empire’s trade?
Adulis
Who founded the Mali Empire?
Sundiata Keita
What do you call people who buy and sell goods for a living?
merchants
What was the name of the river important for trade in West Africa?
Niger River
What item made from animal skin was traded in East Africa?
ivory
What Swahili city was a major port on the East African coast?
Kilwa
Who was the ruler of Songhai that made Gao powerful?
Sunni Ali
What is an economy that trades goods without using money called?
barter
What group of people were expert desert traders and guides?
Berbers
What crop grown in Africa was traded and eaten?
millet
What city was the capital of the ancient Ghana Empire?
Koumbi Saleh
Who ruled Aksum and converted to Christianity?
King Ezana
What do we call a group of people traveling together for trade, often with camels?
caravan
Which sea helped connect East African traders to Arabia and India?
Indian Ocean
What was often traded as human labor and was a major part of the economy?
slaves
What wealthy city was the center of trade in Great Zimbabwe?
Great Zimbabwe
What leader expanded the Songhai Empire and created a strong bureaucracy?
Askia Muhammad
What is the term for money made from trade and business?
profit