Pre-Colonial African History

Timbuktu is famous as a great center of Muslim learning from Islam's Golden Age.

• True

• False

Mali was the most powerful between which years?

• 600-800 AD

• 800-900 BC

• 2000 - 2010

• 1200-1450 AD

How do you think the people of Mali navigated through the desert?

• Compass

• The sun

• The stars

• The wind

Mali is located

• In Southern Africa

• In Eastern Africa

• In Western Africa

• In North Africa

Mali was ruled by

• Rich and powerful Kings

• A president

• Wealthy gold traders

• Citizen voters

The Ancient Mali city of _______________ had libraries and universities.

• Rome

• Egypt

• Timbuktu

• Niger

The people of Ancient Mali valued _____________ and ____________ as natural resources that they could use and trade.

• Sand and salt

• Gold and wood

• Salt and fish

• Salt and Gold

Timbuktu was known for ________________

• Libraries, universities and being a center of trade

• Excellent fishing and pottery.

• Architecture and writing.

• Being a center of trade and art work.

How did the people of Mali get the things they needed but did not have?

• They built a Great Wall.

• They created trade routes between the Sahara Desert and the mines of West Africa.

• They sailed to Greece to get the things they needed.

• They fished for food.

Two Major deserts of Africa are _______ and _________.

• Sahara desert

• Thar desert

• Guban Desert

• Kalahari desert