Question 1

How did griots pass on history and values?

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by telling stories and singing songs

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by preserving manuscripts

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by videotaping important events

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by writing down important evens

Question 2

What are the three vegetation zones of West Africa?

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desert, grasslands, and rain forests

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rain forests, mountains, desert

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rivers, forests and desert

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desert, farmlands, and grasslands

Question 3

How did Mansa Musa get so rich?

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By taxing trade

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by selling salt

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by trading camels

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by converting to Islam

Question 4

Who developed Timbuktu as a center of trade and learning?

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Sundiata

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Mansa Musa

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Askia Muhammad

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Sunni Ali

Question 5

What did Mansa Musa bring back to Mali from his pilgrimage?

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Muslim architects and scholars

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Muslim poets and artists

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slaves from East Africa

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trading caravan

Question 6

Who controlled trade and the marketplaces in Mali?

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the women

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the traders

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the men

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the leaders

Question 7

Why was trade so important to West Africans?

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It got them what they needed

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It  kept them busy

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It kept them from attacking Mali

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It made them rich

Question 8

What did Mansa Musa go to on a trip across the desert?

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To go on a pilgrimage to Mecca

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To sell gold to the world

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To promote gold in Egypt

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To promote Mali to the world

Question 9

Why did Mansa Musa give away so much gold?

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To impress traders and merchants about  the wealth of Mali

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To pay off people for protection

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He only gave to the poor

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To show his generosity

Question 10

What was one effect of Mansa Musa's trip for the rest of the world?

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It made Europe wealthy and started the Renaissance

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It made Asia and Europe that Mali was a super power.

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It made China wealthy and famous

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It made everyone use the Silk Road to move the gold

Question 11

What Muslim author and traveler came to Mali to write about the wonders of Timbuktu?

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Ibn Battuta

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Mansa Musa

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Al Razim

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Sundiata

Question 12

What is the process called that makes salt in the desert?

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Evaporation

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Saltination

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Digging holes

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Desertification

Question 13

Why would gold traders need to use the silent trade to trade their gold for salt?

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They wanted to protect the location of their gold mines.

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They couldn't speak the other languages

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They were afraid of people

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They  didn't want to know the salt traders.

Question 14

A savannah is

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grassland in a hot region

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a rain forest

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a desert

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grassland in a cold region

Question 15

The Sahara Desert is located in which part of West Africa?

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the Northern part

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The eastern part

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The Western Part

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the Southern part

Question 16

What river in West Africa divided the vegetation zones?

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the Niger River

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The Guinea River

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the Nile River

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The Red River

Question 17

Looking at the map in Canvas what does it show?

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Vegetation zones

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savannahs

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deserts

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rain forests

Question 18

Looking at the map in Canvas What bodies of water surround southern Africa

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The Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean

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The Red Sea and the Mediterannean Sea

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The Indian Ocean and the Red Sea

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The Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

Question 19

See map in Canvas-What vegetation zone covers the least amount of area in the continent?

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Rain forests

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mountains

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Savannah

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Desert

Question 20

See map in Canvas Where are the rain forests located on the continent of Africa?

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West Central Africa

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Northern Africa

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Southern Africa

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East Central Africa

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