Question 1
The Kingdom of Mali
a. profited greatly from the pearl trade.
b. was sufficiently dry to enable its farmers to grow corn, as well as sorghum and millet.
c. maintained a very active pro-Islamic policy under Mansa Musa.
d. rejected Islam in favor of Ethiopian-style Christianity.
e. disappeared in the fifth century C.E.
Question 2
The Ming were in a period of deep decline when the Portuguese arrived in 1514.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false