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Answer the following questions. Put your answers on your answer sheet.

*WHO’S IN CHARGE The (1)_____________or kings of Mali were rich and powerful men who controlled trade in West Africa. Mali became one of the (2)_____________ and wealthiest (3)_____________ in the region and was an important (4)________________ center.

*MALIAN TRADE Mali was located on the trade routes between the sources of SALT in the (5)_______________ Desert and the GOLD (6)_______________ of West Africa.

*WHAT IS TRADE? Trade is the exchange of one thing for another. (7)________________ are people who sell and trade things. The West African people (8)______________ on one another for items that they needed. This is also known as (9)_______________________. Mali marketplaces were busy with merchants buying and selling all day long. Both men and women would sell and trade.

*TAX TIME! Everything that was (10)______________ in Mali was taxed. (11)_______________ is an extra fee (12)_______________ to the price of an item. Because of this tax, Mali and its kings became very rich and (13)_________________!

*TRADING SALT FOR GOLD! (14)_____________ Merchants brought: precious SALT from the Sahara desert, copper, cloth, pearls, and books. (15)_____________ Merchants brought: GOLD, nuts, ivory, leather, and slaves. The most common trade was salt for gold.

*WHY WAS SALT SO IMPORTANT? Salt is a very important mineral for human life. Salt was sometimes (16)________________ more than gold in ancient Mali. Twenty salt coins were worth 2 gold nuggets. Salt was an important (17)________________ resource for people in the (18)_______________. Malian people depended on salt for: 1.(19)_________________ 2.(20)_________________ food