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Mali
3rd Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A great empire in Ancient Africa | Mali |
| This resource was plentiful in West Africa | Gold |
| This was used for preserving food | salt |
| This city in Ancient Mali had a university filled with Greek and Roman books | Timbuktu |
| The University of Timbuktu had a library containing books written by people from Rome and this place. | Greece |
| A storyteller from Ancient Mali | Griot |
| The people of Mali traded gold for this. | salt |
| He is credited to being the king of the Golden Age of Mali. | Mansa Musa |
| This nut was a part of the Malians diet. | kola nut |
| This ocean borders Africa to the west | Atlantic |
| This ocean borders Africa to the East | Indian |
| What is another word for trade? | barter |
| The largest desert in the world that was part of the trade route in Ancient Mali | Sahara |
| This river is important to the people of Mali | Niger |
| Mali is on this continent | Africa |
| They were called "ships of the desert" | camels |
| He founded the empire of Mali and was known as the "Lion King" | Sundiata |
| The people of Mali needed salt to help keep their food fresh or make it last longer. What is another word for this? | preserve |
| People also needed salt to keep their bodies ______________ . | healthy |
| The people of Mali were farmers. They farmed sorghum, papaya, beans, and this grain. | millet |
| Ancient Mali was very wealthy. Today, Mali is one of the __________ countries in the world. | poorest |
| Some human characteristics of Mali were that people were farmers, they protected the empire and they were also ______________ . | traders |
| This is what we call a place where things are bought and sold. | marketplace |