SOL 3.2

West Africa Mali

By, Jennifer SagendorfITRT – Suffolk Public

Schools

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Question 1

How do we know about

Mali’s history?

Oral accounts from the

storytellers

Question 2

Who ruled Mali?

Rich and powerful

kings

Question 3

Was Mali a wealthy trading empire before

or after Columbus sailed

to America?

Before

Question 4

How did storytellers pass

on their traditions and

stories?

They passed from one

generation to the next orally.

Question 5

Who controlled

trade in West Africa?

The kings of Mali

Question 6

What was one of the largest and wealthiest

empires in West Africa?

Mali

Question 7

What was salt used for by the desert

people?

Salt was used for health and

food preservation.

Question 8

What did miners find in West Africa?

Gold

Question 9

What was traded for

gold?

Salt

Question 10

What were the trade routes that Mali was located

between?

Between the sources of salt in the Sahara

Desert and the gold

regions/mines of West Africa

Question 11

What was the name of an important

city in Mali?

Timbuktu

Question 12

Why was Timbuktu

important?

It had a famous university with a

large library containing Greek and

Roman books.