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Important People
Geography
Trade
Empires
100
Who was the GREATEST leader of Mali (he made a world famous Hajj to Mecca with a lot of free gold)?
Mansa Musa
100
This is the name of the largest desert in the world
Sahara Desert
100
This is the type of land where North Africans mined the salt they would trade.
The desert / Sahara desert
100
Which was the FIRST West African empire to build its wealth on the gold and salt trade industry?
Ghana
200
Who was the first ruler of Mali?
Sundiata
200
This is one of the only animals that can travel and work in the harsh climate of the desert.
Camel
200
This mineral was needed by the people of southern West Africa and they would trade gold for it.
Salt
200

Which was the SECOND West African empire to grow rich from the gold and salt trade? (Hint: the city of Timbuktu grew out of this empire)

Mali

300

This medieval Muslim is best remembered for recording his experience traveling across Africa.

Ibn Battuta

300

This is the term for Africa 'south of the Sahara desert'

Sub-saharan Africa

300
What would West Africans trade to get salt
Gold
300
Which West African kingdom was eventually conquered by the Moroccans in 1591?
Songhai
400

Who was the first king of Ethiopia?

Menelik I

400

The Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires formed along which major river?

The Niger River

400

Describe the path that most European took to trade with the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai.

Trans-Saharan Trade Route

400
Which West African kingdom was home to Mansa Musa and Sundiata?
Mali
500
Who was the FIRST ruler of the kingdom of Songhai?-
Sonni Ali
500

Aksum was a city in which modern-day country?

Ethiopia

500

What city of the Mali empire became a major trading hub and cultural center?

Timbuktu

500

Which ancient East African civilization practiced Christianity?

Aksum/Axum