| A | B |
|---|
| What country was an important trading route? | Africa |
| What rich natural resource did Africa have? | salt |
| Why was salt more valuable than gold? | It kept food from spoiling! |
| What made Muslim traders from western Asia want to sail to Africa? | Salt |
| What was the name of the African kingdom in which their leader converted to Muslim in the 1350's? | Mali |
| What was the holy Muslim city in Arabia called? | Mecca |
| What did the leader of Mali give away on his journey to Mecca? | Gold |
| What lost it's value? | Gold |
| Why did gold lose its value? | Ruler of Mali gave so much of it away! |
| How long did gold lose its value for?? | Ten Years |
| What African kingdom was larger than all of Europe? | Songhai |
| Who fought among themselves? | African kingdoms |
| When did Africa lose their control of gold? | When it was discovered in the Americas! |
| When did Europeans begin to enslave Africans? | 1500's |
| What small country is located on the Atlantic coast of western Europe? | Portugal |
| What was portugal far from? | Asia |
| What was Portugal close to? | Africa |
| Who believed that ships could sail south along the western coast of Africa to reach Asia? | Prince Henry |
| Where was Prince from? | Portugal |
| What did Prince Henry start? | a school that taught navigation |
| What did sailors use to determine latitude north of the equator? | North Star |
| What did sailors use for navigation south of the equator? | Chinese compass |
| What else did this navigation school teach sailors about maps? | How to make maps of the lands they explored |
