1. Question 1 What is the biggest type of trade in western Africa?
A. Copper for Gold
B. Salt for Gold
C. Salt for Copper
D. Stone for Copper

2. Question 2 Why is salt so important to Africans?
A. Used as a preservative
B. People need salt to live
C. Africa is so hot that people lose salt from their body and it needs to be replaced
D. All of the Above
E. None of the above

3. Question 3
What types of problems does gold provide for people of west Africa?
A. To soft to make weapons and tools
B. Nobody wants the cheap rock
C. Gold is not found in Africa
D. Gold is the answer to any problem

4. Question 4 What are the problems in trading in western Africa?
A. The Sahara Desert
B. The Niger River
C. The Savannah
D. All of the Above
E. None of the above

5. West Africa

6. Trade Gold for Salt Northern Kingdoms had large amounts of salt
Songhai Empire
Southern Kingdoms had large amounts of gold
Mali Empire
Ghana sits in the middle of the two kingdoms
Controlled the trade

7. Salt Why is salt so important? We need salt to live
We lose salt when we sweat
Africa is generally hot
Preserves food
Without salt we die

8. How much would you pay for salt?
Wait there’s more!

9. Gold Common Gold is to soft to make tools or weapons
Gold is useless to most people in the southern part of the empire
What to do with it

10. Trade Trade gold for salt 1 pound of gold = 1 pound of salt
Africa has problems
Desert
Niger River
Savannah

11. Question 1 What is the biggest type of trade in western Africa?
A. Copper for Gold
B. Salt for Gold
C. Salt for Copper
D. Stone for Copper

12. Question 2 Why is salt so important to Africans?
A. Used as a preservative
B. People need salt to live
C. Africa is so hot that people lose salt from their body and it needs to be replaced
D. All of the Above
E. None of the above

13. Question 3
What types of problems does gold provide for people of west Africa?
A. To soft to make weapons and tools
B. Nobody wants the cheap rock
C. Gold is not found in Africa
D. Gold is the answer to any problem

14. Question 4 What type of problems in trading in western Africa?
A. Sahara Desert
B. Niger River
C. Savannah
D. All of the Above
E. None of the above