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Mansa Musa Questions

Cambridge IGCSE History – Mr. Densmore

Directions: After you read the article, answer the following questions in complete sentences. You may use your own notebook paper if you wish.
1. Which empire did Mansa Musa rule?

2. Give several reasons why the Malian Empire thrived during the reign of Musa.

3. How did the world outside of West Africa first get a glimpse of Musa’s wealth?

4. Why did Musa make the hajj?

5. About how many people accompanied him? How far did they travel?

6. Why did Musa refuse at first to meet the Egyptian ruler (leader) along his pilgrimage route? (give detail)

7. After Musa and the sultan had patched things up, what did he do that left a “golden” impression (at first)?

8. What was the long-range effect of this “gift?”

9. The hajj and gift-giving were not all Musa was up to on his voyage. Explain what else he accomplished.

10. What were the two most important cities in the Malian Empire? Why were they so important?

11. What was the Catalan Atlas?

12. What do we know about the scale of Musa’s wealth? How do we know it?

Elephant ivory was a major source of wealth.
There was the mining of significant salt and gold deposits in the Ma-li kingdom
There was the monopolizing of the gold trade and development of the agricultural resources along the Ni-g-er River

This refers to the political unit" that is made up of several territories and peoples,

Hence, we can see that The empire which Man.sa Musa ruled was the ancient empire of Ma-li.

Several reasons why the Ma-lian Empire thrived during the reign of Musa were:

Elephant ivory was a major source of wealth.
There was the mining of significant salt and gold deposits in the Ma-li kingdom
There was the monopolizing of the gold trade and development of the agricultural resources along the Ni-g-er River