Use this map to answer the following question: A map shows the African Kingdoms and Trading States. Red lines on the map show trading routes in Africa. The map shows Mali, Ghana, and Songhai in northwestern Africa. In northwestern Africa, the map shows Mali, with no active trade routes, along with Ghana and Songhai which each have numerous routes leading outward. Kumbi Saleh is a city in Ghana along a red line leading north toward Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea and east toward Songhai and other African kingdoms and states. Songhai is located to the east of Mali. Timbuktu and Gao are cities in Songhai that are located along a red line to the north, west, and south. © 2012 The Exploration Company Which of the following describes the ancient empire of Ghana?
A: The Smallest of the Kingdoms
B: Neutral in other groups' conflicts
C: Dependent on Distant Empires
D: Active in trade with others

D: Active in trade with others.

Explanation:

The Kingdom of Ghana was a kingdom in northwestern part of Western Africa. It had an excellent strategic location, as it was located right between the other West African kingdoms and empires in Northern Africa. This was hugely important because the majority of the trading routes were going through Ghana.

Because Ghana was in the center of the trade between the two regions it was very active in trading. This resulted in accumulation of lot of wealth from the trade, as it was not just the trading goods that Ghana was obtaining wealth from, but also taxes imposed on the trading goods that were passing through its territory.

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an empire is a sovereign state functioning as an aggregate of nations or people that are ruled over by an emperor or another kind of monarch. the territory and population of an empire is commonly of greater extent than the one of a kingdom.[1]

an empire can be made solely of contiguous territories, such as the austro-hungarian empire or the russian empire, or of territories far remote from the homeland, such as a colonial empire. aside from the more formal usage, the word empire can also refer colloquially to a large-scale business enterprise (e.g. a transnational corporation), a political organisation controlled by a single individual (a political boss), or a group (political bosses).[2] the word empire is associated with such other words as imperialism, colonialism, and globalization. empire is often used to describe a displeasure to overpowering situations.[3]