Question

1. how did the trans - saharan gold - salt trade lead to the growth of kingdoms?

a. the battle of tunis opened new trade routes for the gold - salt trade, establishing important new trading centers that allowed for growth.
b. the portuguese established new routes for the gold - salt trade, allowing the gold - salt trade to increase dramatically.
c. the gold - salt trade between ghana and the arabian peninsula flourished, and ghanas king collected taxes from the traders allowing his kingdom to grow.
d. the gold - salt trade between the zimbabwean people and the people of ghana flourished, and ghanas king collected taxes from the traders allowing his kingdom to grow.

1. study the map and answer the question below.

which empire is depicted at its greatest extent in the map?
a. the mali empire
b. the persian empire
c. the umayyad empire
d. the byzantine empire

Explanation:

For question 9, the gold - salt trade between Ghana and the Arabian Peninsula allowed the Ghanaian king to collect taxes and for the kingdom to grow. For question 10, the map shows the Umayyad Empire at its greatest extent which spread across North Africa, the Middle East and parts of Europe.

Answer:

1. C
2. C