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10.36 West African Empires and Trans Saharan Trade Worksheet

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West African Empires and Trans-Saharan Trade: Identify the trade good, geographic factor, ruler, or cultural exchange that best explains Ghana, Mali, Songhai, or trans-Saharan networks. Aligned to FreeK12Practice Grade 10 World History MCQ-Ready Curriculum with C3, CCSS RH/WHST, APWHM, APUSH historical-thinking, NAEP USH, and selected state framework alignment 10.36 - West African Empires and Trans-Saharan Trade: Identify the trade good, geographic factor, ruler, or cultural exchange that best explains Ghana, Mali, Songhai, or trans-Saharan networks. (C3 D2.Geo.2-7.9-12; C3 D2.Eco.3-6.9-12; CCSS RH.11-12.7; APWHM Unit 1-2; TX TEKS WH)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Study the map, timeline, and source summary together. Which conclusion best explains continuity and change from Ghana to Mali to Songhai?

AThe same empire ruled unchanged from 700 to 1600.

BTrans-Saharan trade ended before Mali or Songhai became important.

CWest African states gained power only through Atlantic colonization.

DSpecific empires and rulers changed, but control of trade routes, resources, and Islamic connections remained central to regional power.

Solution & Explanation:The combined evidence shows both change in political centers and continuity in the importance of trade, geography, resources, and cultural links.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Which explanation best integrates trade goods, geography, technology, and culture in trans-Saharan networks?

AOnly one factor mattered: rulers banned trade and ideas from moving.

BThe network depended on ocean ships, monsoon winds, and Pacific islands.

CGold, salt, camels, oases, trade cities, and Islamic learning together shaped exchange across the Sahara.

DGold and salt moved without geography, technology, merchants, or cities.

Solution & Explanation:A strong explanation combines multiple factors: valued goods, desert geography, camel caravans, oasis routes, urban markets, and cultural exchange.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Study the source card by an outside observer and the map of routes. What is the best historical-thinking response?

AAccept every outsider statement as complete and final without context.

BUse the source for one perspective on wealth, then corroborate it with maps and other evidence about routes and resources.

CIgnore the source and use only modern guesses about the past.

DConclude that maps cannot help explain trade networks.

Solution & Explanation:A careful historian uses sources as evidence while considering perspective and corroborating with geographic information such as routes, cities, and resources.

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