Module 10-Lesson 2:The Empire of Ghana

What animal was used to carry goods throughout northern Africa and could store water and energy for long periods of time?

• horses

• camels

• donkeys

• mules

The empire of Ghana lay between what two rivers?

• Niger and Nile

• Nile and Senegal

• Niger and Senegal

• Niger and Congo

What natural resource in West Africa was valued as much as gold?

• Salt

• Iron

• Ivory

• Kola nuts

How did the people use salt?

• To preserve food

• Trade it for gold

• For their health

• All are correct

How did the kings of Ghana gain their power?

• Trade of silver and salt

• Trade of gold and silver

• Conquering land

• Trade of gold and salt

Salt came from mines near the Gulf of Guinea and along the Niger in the south, and gold came from the Sahara in the north.

• True

• False

What is silent barter?

Reorder the following based on the silent barter process:

• Gold miners arrive by boat and leave what they consider a fair amount of gold in exchange for the salt. They move back several miles.

• Salt traders return. They are happy with the amount of gold, beat the drum, take the gold, and leave.

• Salt traders go to a riverbank near gold fields, leave slabs of salt in a row, and beat a drum to tell gold miners trading has begun.

• Salt traders move back several miles from the riverbank.

• Gold miners return and pick their salt. Trading continues until both sides are happy with the exchange.

The empire of Ghana reached its peak under _______.

• Basi

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

• Tunka Manin

Exit ticket: Add one takeaway you learned from this lesson.