Question

the big 3: the kingdoms of ghana, mali and songhai
kingdom | important facts
ghana #1 | first and the smallest west african kingdom. located near gold and salt mines. these 2 goods were hard to find in other parts of the world, but were abundant in west africa. open salt and gold taxing to make money in their empire.
mali #2 | second west african kingdom. conquers ghana, and takes over ____ and __ trade. makes even more money by __ merchants who come to get salt and gold from their empire. tons of money because of salt and gold __ and by __ merchants. mansa musa is a king of mali. he practices islam (he is a muslim). he wants to spread islam, so he builds __ and libraries that only have __ books. __ is the language of islam (quran). goes on giant, very expensive and fancy __ or __ to mecca, which is part of the __ __ of islam. very famous trip. mansa musa throws gold at people he passes on his way. (made west africa look __, and made other places want to ____ with them)
songhai #3 | ____ and largest west african kingdom. conquers __, takes over salt and __ trade. continues mali’s practice of ____ merchants.
word bank: first, mali, 2, second, gold, taxing, arabic, songhai, ghana, trade, gold, arabic, taxing, mosques, hajj, salt, salt, mansa musa, islam, pilgrimage, 5 pillars, wealthy, trade, mali, gold, taxing

Explanation:

To solve the fill - in - the - blanks for the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, we use the word bank and historical knowledge:

Ghana:

1. It was the first and the smallest West African kingdom.
2. It was located near gold and salt mines.
3. It opened salt and gold trade to make money.

Mali:

1. It was the second West African kingdom. After conquering Ghana, it took over gold and salt trade.
2. It made more money by taxing merchants. It had tons of money from salt and gold trade and taxing merchants.
3. Mansa Musa was a king of Mali. He practiced Islam. He built mosques and libraries with Arabic books. Arabic is the language of Islam. He went on a hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, which is part of the 5 Pillars of Islam. His trip made West Africa look wealthy and made other places want to trade with them.

Songhai:

1. It was the last (and largest) West African kingdom. It conquered Mali and took over salt and gold trade. It continued Mali's practice of taxing merchants.

Answer:

Ghana:

• First and the smallest West African kingdom.
• Located near gold and salt mines.
• Open salt and gold trade to make money in their empire.

Mali:

• Second West African Kingdom
• Conquers Ghana, and takes over gold and salt trade.
• Makes even more money by taxing merchants who come to get salt and gold from their empire.
• Tons of money because of salt and gold trade and by taxing merchants.
• Mansa Musa is a king of Mali.
• He practices Islam (He is a Muslim)
• He wants to spread Islam, so he builds mosques and libraries that only have Arabic books.
• Arabic is the language of Islam (Quran)
• Goes on giant, very expensive and fancy pilgrimage or hajj to Mecca, which is part of the 5 Pillars of Islam
• Very famous trip
• Mansa Musa throws gold at people he passes on his way. (Made West Africa look wealthy, and made other places want to trade with them)

Songhai:

• Last and largest West African kingdom
• Conquers Mali, takes over salt and gold trade
• Continues Mali's practice of taxing merchants.