| West Africa Points to Ponder |
| 1. What common product was needed in West Africa and why? 2. Why did the Songhai Empire collapse? 3. How were griots and scribes important to the rulers? 4. What role did the gold trade play in West Africa's empires? 5. How might the Niger River have been important for trade in West Africa? 6. What did West Africa produce that could pay for salt? |
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