| Geography | The Trade Route | Ghana | Mali and Sundiata | Misc. |
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What is the Sahara?
The largest desert in Africa.
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What is a caravan?
A group of people and pack animals traveling together.
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Where is the land of gold?
Ghana
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Who is the ruler of Mali?
Sumanguru
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What is the holiest city in the Muslim world?
Mecca
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What is the Sahel?
This stretches eastward across Africa and is comprised of semi dry rollling plains. It receives 10-20 inches of rain per year.
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What are: gold, silk, fruit, cotton, horses, slaves
Name 4 items that were traded for salt.
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What is the capital of Ghana?
Kumbi Salah
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Who did Sumaguru have mercy on?
Sundiata
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What was Ibn Battutta born?
Morocco
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What is the Savanna?
A vast region of tall grasses, scattered trees, and herds of animals.
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What were invisible items traders carried with them?
Ideas, art, culture, and religion.
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What is the important river that lay south of Ghana for gold?
The Senegal River.
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Who defeated Sumanguru?
Sundiata
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What is another word for pilgrimage?
hajj
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What is the rainforest?
This region lies south of the Savanna and has warm temperatures and the area is covered thick trees and vegetation.
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What is a camel?
The ship of the desert.
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What is salt?
The most crucial and valued possession on the trade route.
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What was the important city of learning?
Timbuktu
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What did Ibn Battuta accomplish?
Traveling to all the Muslim countries.
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What is the Nile River?
The longest river in the world.
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What is Islam?
The faith that most people were in this part of the world.
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Name one mineral that was plentiful and easy to mine.
Iron ore.
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Who was Sundiata's son?
Mansa Musa
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Mansa Musa was very generous
True or False
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