Sixteen-year-old reynelda has known since she was 4 years old that she will become a teacher. her grandmother was a teacher, and her mother and two aunts are teachers. she's never really even thought about any other occupation. reynelda can best be described as showing:

mali had been a state inside of the ghanaian empire. after ghana fell because of invading forces and internal disputes, mali rose to greatness under the leadership of a legendary king named sundiata, the "lion king." the songhai empire, already weakened by internal political struggles, went into decline.