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Unit II Classical Civilizations

Unit II Classical Civilizations. Early African Cultures/ Traditional Society/ Bantu Migrations. Bantu Migration. Bantu Migration. Migration - A permanent move from one country or region to another.

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Unit II Classical Civilizations

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  1. Unit II Classical Civilizations Early African Cultures/ Traditional Society/ Bantu Migrations Izydorczak

  2. Bantu Migration Izydorczak

  3. Bantu Migration Migration - A permanent move from one country or region to another Push-Pull Factors - Factors that either push or pull people out of an area or pull them into an area. Izydorczak

  4. Bantu Migration Causes of Migration Environmental Economic Political Izydorczak

  5. Causes of Migration Environmental Positive (Pull) Negative (Push) • Abundant land • New resources • Good climate • Climate changes • Exhausted resources • Earthquakes • Volcanoes • Drought/famine Izydorczak

  6. Causes of Migration Economic Positive (Pull) Negative (Push) • Employment • opportunities • Unemployment • Slavery Izydorczak

  7. Causes of Migration Political Positive (Pull) Negative (Push) • Political and/or • religious freedom • Religious, ethnic, • or political • persecution, war Izydorczak

  8. Bantu Migration Effects of Migration Geographically Diverse • Redistribution of the population may change • population density. • Cultural blending of languages or ways of life • may occur. • Ideas and technologies may be shared. • People’s quality of life may be improved as a • result of moving. Izydorczak

  9. Bantu Migration Effects of Migration Geographically Diverse • Clashes between groups may create unrest, • persecution, or even war. • Environmental conditions may change, causing • famine or depleted natural resources. • Employment opportunities may dry up, creating • unemployment and poverty. Izydorczak

  10. Bantu Migration How did Bantu speakers and the people they encountered react to one another? Geographically Diverse • As Bantu speakers spread south into hunter-gatherers’ lands, territorial • wars often broke out • Bantu people exchanged ideas and intermarried with people they joined. • Created new cultures with unique customs and traditions (new • techniques for agriculture, ironworking to forge tools, weapons from • copper and iron, social and political organization) Izydorczak

  11. Bantu Migration Izydorczak

  12. African Geography Izydorczak

  13. African Geography • Made up of 52 countries and up to 1,000 different languages. • African rivers have many rapids & waterfalls • (hydroelectricity) but poor for transportation and • communication • Smooth coastline with escarpments (lack of good harbors • And trade becomes difficult). • Mountains – Kilimanjaro (highest), Kenya, Atlas, and • Drakensberg Geographically Diverse Izydorczak

  14. African Geography Tectonic plate - segment of Earth's crust: a segment of the Earth's crust that moves relative to other segments and is characterized by volcanic and seismic activity around its margins Izydorczak

  15. African Geography Izydorczak

  16. African Geography Tectonic Plates Our first evidence of tectonic motion is based on similar fossils and rock types on opposing sides of the ocean Izydorczak

  17. African Geography Great Rift Valley Izydorczak

  18. African Geography Izydorczak

  19. African Geography British anthropologist Dr Louis S B Leakey (1903 - 1972) sits at a table with four skulls, including the skull of the world's earliest known man. Izydorczak

  20. African Geography Limited Transportation & Communication Kilimanjaro Mountain African Rivers African Deserts Natural Barriers Izydorczak

  21. African Geography Desertification Izydorczak

  22. Environmental Challenges Desert like Conditions • Scarcity of fertile farmland, pastures for livestock challenge for many Africans today • Farmers must plant crops in poor soil • Herders have to graze animals in extremely dry regions • Result: soil in these areas dries out, natural grasses cannot grow • Sahara, Sahel deserts expanding due to desertification, spread of desert like conditions • Desertification contributes to cycles of drought, famine that plague many African countries today African Geography Desertification Izydorczak

  23. African Geography Identify Cause and Effect What causes desertification in Africa? Answer(s): planting crops in poor soil and grazing animals in dry areas, causing soil to dry out even more. Izydorczak

  24. African Geography Climate Izydorczak

  25. African Geography Fold African Map in Half Equator Equator Izydorczak

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