Geography Tran-Sahara Trade Route Ghana Mali and Sundiata Misc.
100
What is the Sahara?
The largest desert in Africa.
100
What is a group of people and pack animals traveling together called?
A caravan
100
What was the land of gold?
Ghana
100
Who was the ruler of Mali?
Sumanguru
100
Where was Ibn Battuta born?
Morocco
200
What is the Sahal?
Semi dry rolling plains that stretches eastward across Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.
200
Name 4 items that were traded for salt.
Gold, furs, silk, fruit, cotton, horses, slaves.
200
What was the capital of Ghana?
Kumbi Saleh
200
Who did Sumanguru have mercy on?
Sundiata
200
What did I.B. accomplish on his journies?
He visited every Muslim country.
300
What is the Savanna?
A vast region of tall grasses, scattered trees, and herds of animals.
300
What is the ship of the desert called?
A camel.
300
What river had important gold mines lay south of Ghana?
The Senegal River
300
Who defeated Sumanguru?
Sundiata
300
What is the name for the holiest city in Islam?
Mecca
400
Name 2 rivers in Africa
The Nile, the Senegal, The Congo,
400
What were the invisible items traders carried with them on the trade routes?
Ideas, art culture, and religion.
400
Name the mineral that was plentiful and easy to mine.
Iron ore
400
What was the important city of learning?
Timbuktu
400
What is another name for pilgrimage?
Hajj
500
What lies south of the Savanna?
The rainforest.
500
What was the faith that people in West Africa proclaimed to be?
Islam
500
Who defeated Kumbi Saleh?
Sundiata
500
Name Sundiata's son
Mansa Musa
500
Mansa Musa was a generous man
True or False
True






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