Mali Quiz

What continent is Mali located on?

• North America

• Asia

• Africa

• South America

What river is located near Mali?

• Nile

• Niger

• James

• Mississippi

Which desert did caravans cross to reach the gold mines of West Africa?

• Gobi

• Sahara

• Amazon

• Antarctic

Mali traded the following two items to become a rich empire:

• fish

• gold

• salt

• camels

How did Mali's economy develop?

• trading

• farming

• fishing

• hunting

Choose three ways the people of Mali adapted to their environment.

• mined for gold

• farmed and raised animals on grasslands

• Created irrigation systems

• traded gold for salt from the Sahara Desert

• used camel caravans to cross the desert

Which word means a nation or group of people who are ruled by an emperor or government?

• Empire

• oral tradition

• Trade

• government

The government of Mali was ruled by...

• direct democracy

• king

• president

• mayor

What is a community's cultural and historical traditions passed down by word of mouth called?

• oral tradition

• Government

• trade

• empire

What was the oral tradition in Mali?

• writing

• mining

• farming

• storytelling