Packet 5: Bonus 11
This good was traded for gold as part of a Saharan silent bartering system. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this resource responsible for much of the wealth of the Songhai Empire. Ibn Battuta claimed that the fly-ridden city of Taghaza mined so much of this good that its buildings were made out of it.
ANSWER: salt [or table salt; accept Taghaza salt mines]
[10e] In the middle ages, many salt traders hailed from this modern-day country, once home to the Ashanti Empire. A British protectorate in this modern-day country was known as the “Gold Coast.”
ANSWER: Ghana [or Republic of Ghana]
[10h] Salt shortages may have led Nyatsimba Mutota to abandon this kingdom and found the Mutapa empire. Willi Posselt discovered a conical tower where Domba circumcision rights may have been performed by this kingdom.
ANSWER: Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe [reject “Zimbabwe”]
<History - World, Sinecio Morales> | VAULT II Packet 05
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 20.00 | 97% | 86% | 17% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont A | Belmont B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Lexington A | Waltham B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MEH |
| Waltham A | Lexington B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Wellesley | Mansfield B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 80% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✕ | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 75% | 13% |