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Chapter 11 test on Mali (Global Studies)

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Arabs, Berbers, and Tuareg traded cloth, horses, and salt to the Africans of Mali. In return they obtained slaves, ivory, timber, gold, and kola nuts.
Describe other goods traded in N. Africa during the Middle Ages besides gold and salt. Also name the people involved in the trade and discuss who traded for what. (SHORT ANSWER QUESTION)
Arabia, India, China, and Great Zimbabwe
State the three different regions of the world the Swahili merchants and sailors traded with.
Gold Salt Trade
Mali's economy during the Middle Ages was based on what
Controlled the Gold Salt trade
Explain how the empires of Mali and Ghana were similar economically
Taxing all trade coming and going, the two major exports were gold and slaves
The primary source of revenue for the Kings of Mali was what
Water and Gold
What strategic natural resources did most African states like Ghana and Mali rely on
A griot is a royal storyteller who served as an adviser to the rulers of Mali and other W. African States. They had knowledge of ancestors. He described accomplishments of the current and previous Kings.
Explain what a griot did
He was a wealthy King of Mali who ruled using Sharia law. Made famous pilgrimage to Mecca during his reign. Wealthy successor to Sundiata
Mansa Musa
It was a network of overland trade. Exchanged slaves and gold from sub-Saharan Africa (Mali) for salt, cloth, pottery, and glass trinkets. Salve traders of Mali did not enslave their own; they captured Africans from the forest belt to the South. 5,500 slaves crossed the desert between 1100-1400. More Women than men were sold into slavery. Salve markets were located throughout the ME
Explain the Trans-Sarahan Trade Networks
Mali society was matrilineal, Certain foods were eaten (Dog and Donkey), Women had male friends who were not members of there family and vice versa. Also Women were not as modest as the women in the ME
What did Ibn Battuta observe (In Mali) that did not conform to his standards of what a Muslim society should be
Muhammad Bin Tughluq
What person took over the Delhi Sultanate in 1324
Farmers and Herders. During the offseason they benefited from mining for gold
Most of the people of Great Zimbabwe were what?
Ceramics (Porcelain) from China, Glass from Persia, and Textiles from India and China
What items did the East African City States import and from where?
Zanzibar, Luma, Sofala, Mombasa, and Kilwa
Name the Swahili Merchant Coast City States
Turkish slave soldiers
Mamluk
Tax on non-muslims
Jizya
A large town with its own government that controls the surrounding countryside
City-States
A boat, often referred to as the Camel of the Sea
Dhow
Swahili
What language did the Africans on the East African Coast speak
Mamluk slaves from Central Asia
What group started the Delhi Sultanate
Salt
What trade good was traded for gold in the medieval West African civilizations
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