Remember: When there is lots of something, each piece is worth less. Gold is special because it is rare.
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Amara joins the caravanAmara lived in Mali, a rich land in West Africa. Mali had lots of gold, and it traded gold for salt, which came from the desert. Her ruler, Mansa Musa, decided to make a great journey to the faraway city of Mecca. Amara joined his caravan, with thousands of people and many camels. Some camels carried food and water, some carried tents, and some carried sacks of gold. It took many months to cross the desert. At last they reached Cairo, a big, busy city in Egypt. Mansa Musa gave gold to the people he met, pouch after pouch. Soon gold lay on every table in the market. People say gold became worth less in Cairo, because there was suddenly lots of it.
1
Join each place to what the story says about it.
1Mali
2The desert road
3Cairo
Agold piled up in baskets
Bcamels with tents and water skins
Cgold on every table in the market
2
The caravan crossed the desert in just a few days.
TrueFalse
3
Circle every thing the camels carried.
💧Food and water⛺Tents💰Sacks of gold🌴A palm tree🪨Big rocks
4
Mali traded its gold for , which came from the desert.
fishsaltpots
5
Soon gold lay on every table in Cairo. Which picture shows the gold in Cairo?
A little goldLots of gold
Order, fix and think
6
Number the journey.
Set out from Mali
Reach Cairo
Cross the desert for many months
Give out gold in the market
7
When there is lots of something, each piece is worth .
the samemoreless
8
The word Mansa means king.
TrueFalse
9
Mansa Musa decided to travel to which faraway city?
🔺Cairo🕌Mecca🏙️Mali
10
Amara says: gold lost its worth in Cairo because it rusted. What is the mistake?
💰Gold does not rust. There was suddenly lots of it🔬Gold got smaller🚫Gold was never worth anything
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Name one thing that is rare and one thing there is lots of. Which is worth more, piece for piece?
12
Draw a camel carrying a tent, a water skin and sacks of gold.
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Answer key · Set A
Mansa Musa and his gold
11-A, 2-B, 3-C Gold piled up in Mali, the camels carried tents and water on the road, and gold lay on every table in Cairo.
2False It took many months to cross the desert.
3Food and water, Tents, Sacks of gold Some camels carried food and water, some tents, and some sacks of gold. A tree and rocks stay where they are.
4salt Salt came from the desert, so Mali traded gold for salt.
5Lots of gold Cairo had lots of gold, and when there is lots of something, each piece is worth less.
61, 3, 2, 4 The caravan left Mali, crossed the desert, reached Cairo, and the gold was given out there.
7less With lots of something, each piece is worth less.
8True Mansa means king, so Mansa Musa was a king.
9Mecca He decided to travel all the way to Mecca. The caravan reached Cairo, a big city in Egypt, on the way.
10Gold does not rust. There was suddenly lots of it Gold does not rust. It was worth less because there was suddenly lots of it.
11Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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