Why did Ghana's power fade?

Invaders overran cities, people left the cities

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1
Silent Bartering is _____
trading while playing music
trading without touching anything
a small region of a country
trading without speaking
2
What resources were at the heart of trade in Africa?
All of the above
water
gold
salt
3
True of false. Gold was more valuable in Africa than salt.
True
Sort of
False
4
The first African trade empire was _____
Ghana
Tombauctou
Mali
Songhai
5
Where in Africa did most of the gold come from?
East Africa
The Southern tip of Africa
The south part of West Africa
The north part of West Africa
6
Why did Songhai's power fade?
People left
People fought among themselves
No one wanted to trade anymore
A bad cold killed most of the nation
7
Mali grew rich from trading and _____
bartering
religion
agriculture
Teaching
8
What was the second trade empire?
Tombouctou
Songhai
Ghana
Mali
9
Ghana was in an ideal location because it was just north of _____
lakes
the ocean
salt mines
goldfields
10
How did most trade empires become rich?
They sold slaves
They collected taxes
They conquered other empires and stole all of their gold
They farmed
11
Small region inside a country
silent barter
Quran
province
Songhai
12
Mansa Musa ruled for _____
45 years
25 years
45 minutes
25 seconds
13
Mansa wanted to create a center of _____ by building Tombouctou
trading
fighting
farming
learning
14
Why did Mali's power fade?
There was a lethal disease spreading
Mali's armies disappeared
Mansa Musa died
A majestic bunny made world peace so empires would go away
15
Why did Ghana's power fade?
People died due to an epidemic
Invaders overran cities
Their ruler died
people left the cities
16
What was the third trading empire?
Mali
Tombouctou
Ghana
Songhai
17
What religion did Mansa change most of his empire to?
Islam
Jewish
Buddhist
Christian

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