Refer to the image.

the catalan atlas, created in the late 14th century, includes cultural depictions overlaid on a map of north africa and spain. the figure in the lower right is mansa mūsā, who ruled mali from 1307 to about 1332.

in which of the following ways did geographical factors referenced in the image contribute to an increase in mali’s wealth?

mali’s proximity to the atlantic ocean provided opportunities to sell enslaved people to europeans.
mali’s location along the trans-saharan caravan route allowed for chances to profit from trade.
mali’s location near the mediterranean sea granted trading opportunities with southern european city-states.
mali’s proximity to sub-saharan africa allowed for plenty of chances to invade its weaker southern neighbors.

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The correct answer is Mali’s proximity to sub-Saharan Africa allowed for plenty of chances to invade its weaker southern neighbors.

The Mali Empire was an African state located in Northwest Africa, near the Niger River, and was dominated during the 13th and 14th centuries. It was an empire out of three consecutive rulers that dominated the region, and among them, the Mali Empire was the most territorially extended compared to the other two, Songhai and Ghana.

the vast majority of ballots have been counted nearly two weeks after one of the biggest political upsets in modern u.s. history catapulted donald trump to the presidency.

estimates show more than 58 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the 2016 election, nearly breaking even with the turnout rate set during the last presidential election in 2012, even as the final tallies in states like california continue to be calculated, according to statistics collected by the u.s. elections project.

but among those figures were stark contrasts in key states that swing the election to trump — in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, michigan and elsewhere — indicating the president-elect’s leap from long-shot candidate to the most powerful political position in the world may have happened in part because of apathy toward hillary clinton’s candidacy, especially among the democratic base, several political scientists and organizations monitoring voter turnout told the pbs newshour.

while clinton is leading the popular vote by more than 1.5 million over trump as of sunday, she trails president obama’s 2012 totals by more than 2 million ballots — a chasm that may have cost her the election, said david becker, co-founder of the center for election and innovation and research.

“several million voters didn’t come out to vote,” becker said. “which is telling me that this idea of the trump wave, a huge number of voters shifting over to trump, is certainly not the story.”