Question 10 of 20 : Select the best answer for the question.
10. The Songhai Empire declined because of
A. Portuguese intervention.
B. famine.
C. conflicts between Muslims and animists.
D. a series of weak leaders and civil wars.

How did european exploration and expansion cause the african slave trade to expand? a. european explorers discovered the slave trade and expanded it across the indian ocean into south asia. b. arab armies captured european explorers and forced them into slavery. c. european traders shipped enslaved africans to work on plantations in european colonies in the americas. d.european explorers captured african people and forced them to work on their ships.