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Africa Presented by: Nat Alabi

Africa Presented by: Nat Alabi. Location. *Africa is located on the southern part of a world map. *Africa has many varying climate regions. *A savanna is a strip of grasslands on the Sahara’s southern border.

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Africa Presented by: Nat Alabi

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  1. Africa Presented by: Nat Alabi

  2. Location *Africa is located on the southern part of a world map. *Africa has many varying climate regions. *A savanna is a strip of grasslands on the Sahara’s southern border.

  3. Camel caravans regularly traveled across the desert from North Africa to exchange goods and ideas. Trans-Saharan Caravan Trading

  4. Ghana *Ghana was an ancient agricultural kingdom of the Soninke people with a rich trans-Saharan trade. *Ghana was a highly wealthy trading empire.

  5. Mali *Sudiata was the king of the empire of Mali. *Mali was once part of Ghana. *Mali’s economy was based on trade.

  6. West Africa *West Africans were farmers. *Farmers developed different farming methods to suit the different types of land. *People who lived in rural villages were members of large related families, or clans.

  7. African Culture *Kinship is a family relationship that was the basis of government. *The male head of each clan became one of the village chiefs and often one of the religious leaders.

  8. Let's Review! 1. Who was the king of the empire of Mali? 2. What was Ghana known for? 3. Where did camel caravans travel? 4. Does Africa have varying climates? Yes OR No? 5. What did the male heads of clans become? 6. What was Mali’s economy based on? 7. Was Ghana a wealthy trading empire? Yes OR No? 8. What was the occupation of West Africans?

  9. Works Cited • http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/index.html • http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/7/unit/act3.1.html • http://webusers.xula.edu/jrotondo/Kingdoms/ • http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~anth/arch/mali-interactive/ • http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html

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