1.5.1 Mali Empire and trans-Saharan trade

• Match the empires with their characteristics:

  Ghana Empire ↔️ Gold trade center

  Mali Empire ↔️ Expanded trade and centralized government
• Which major river is prominently featured in the map and runs through the heart of the Mali Empire?

  Niger River
• What was the name of the formal legal code created by Sundiata Keita?

  Mandinka Charter
• What year did the borders of the Mali Empire reach their peak under Mansa Musa's reign?

  1337 CE
• What was the former empire that Sundiata Keita expanded beyond?

  Ghana Empire
• What is the primary purpose of the provided image?

  To show trade routes
• What trade networks did Mansa Musa consolidate to reach the Atlantic coast?

  Gold and salt
• How was governance structured in Mali under Sundiata Keita?

  Centralized with local chiefs
• Match the leadership aspect with Sundiata Keita or previous rulers:

  Unification Method ↔️ Military conquest then diplomacy

  Economic Base ↔️ Gold, salt, agriculture

  Governance ↔️ Centralized with local chiefs
• Match the commodity with its origin:

  Gold ↔️ Bambuk and Bouré

  Salt ↔️ Taghaza and Tuat

  Horses ↔️ North Africa

  Slaves ↔️ Southern regions
• What type of exchange did the trans-Saharan trade routes facilitate between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa?

  Cultural exchange
• What subjects were studied in Timbuktu during its peak as a center of Islamic learning?

  Mathematics, astronomy, law
• What type of government did the Mali Empire have?

  Centralized monarchy
• What were two key benefits of the trans-Saharan trade for the Mali Empire?

  Increased wealth and growth of cities
• What resources did the Mali Empire control that made it a major trading power?

  Gold and salt mines
• Order the regions connected by the Trans-Saharan trade routes from North to South:

  1️⃣ North Africa

  2️⃣ Timbuktu

  3️⃣ Gao

  4️⃣ Djenné

  5️⃣ Sub-Saharan Africa
• Match the direction of cultural exchange with the elements shared:

  North → South ↔️ Islamic learning

  South → North ↔️ Oral traditions
• What is the primary title of the map?

  Mali Empire (Imperial Mali)
• Arrange the cultural elements shared from North to South along the trans-Saharan trade routes:

  1️⃣ Islamic learning

  2️⃣ Arabic language

  3️⃣ Architectural styles
• What regions did the Trans-Saharan trade routes connect?

  North and Sub-Saharan Africa
• What human commodity was traded from Southern regions along the Trans-Saharan routes?

  Slaves
• Sundiata Keita established a decentralized government in Mali.

  False
• From which regions was salt sourced for trade in the Trans-Saharan network?

  Taghaza and Tuat
• What was Sundiata Keita's ruling period?

  1235-1255
• During whose rule did the Mali Empire reach its greatest extent?

  Mansa Musa
• What type of education did the Mali Empire promote through universities like Timbuktu?

  Islamic education
• How was the Mali Empire divided politically?

  Into provinces
• What supplemented the standing army of the Mali Empire during war?

  Local militias
• What was one of the most significant legacies of the Mali Empire?

  Cultural influence
• The Mali Empire controlled major gold mines but the Ghana Empire did not.


  False
• Sequence the cultural and educational influence of Timbuktu:

  1️⃣ Timbuktu becomes a center of Islamic scholarship

  2️⃣ Educational and cultural repercussions spread

  3️⃣ Modern educational institutions in West Africa are influenced