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Chapter 8 African Civilizations

Chapter 8 African Civilizations. Section 2 Migration (Case Study). People on the Move. Migration What is Migration Permanent move to new place; a pattern in human culture . People on the Move. Causes of Migration What are Push-pull factors?

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Chapter 8 African Civilizations

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  1. Chapter 8 African Civilizations Section 2 Migration (Case Study)

  2. People on the Move • Migration • What is Migration • Permanent move to new place; a pattern in human culture

  3. People on the Move • Causes of Migration • What are Push-pull factors? • Conditions that push people out of an area or pull them in

  4. People on the Move • Effects of Migration • Brings diverse cultures into contact; changes life in the new land • Page 222

  5. People on the Move • Tracing Migration Through Language • One way to trace migration is to study how languages spread • Africa has many complex language families

  6. Massive Migrations • Bantu-speaking Peoples • Who were the Bantu-speaking peoples? • Early Africans who spread culture and language • Where did the Bantu-speaking people originally live? • In savanna south of Sahara http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/afnewlnd.gif

  7. Massive Migrations • Bantu-speaking Peoples • Where are they now? • Southeastern Nigeria • What does the word Bantu mean? • “The people” http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia08/nigeria_sm_2008.gif

  8. Massive Migrations • Migration Begins • Bantu speakers migrate south and east starting about 3000 B.C. 1. = 3000 - 1500 BC origin2 = ca.1500 BC first migrations        2.a = Eastern Bantu, 2.b = Western Bantu3. = 1000 - 500 BC Urewe nucleus of Eastern Bantu4. - 7. southward advance9. = 500 BC - 0 Congo nucleus10. = 0 - 1000 AD last phase http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantu_migration

  9. Massive Migrations • Migration Begins • What type of farming did they live by? • Slash-and-burn farming & nomadic herding • Share skills, learn new customs, adapt to environment http://www.flickr.com/photos/22877141@N02/2244432457/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/26277823@N00/2972971692/

  10. Massive Migrations • Causes of Migration • Why did the Bantu speakers move? • In order to find farmland & flee the growing Sahara http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/+3510%202005-6/bantu%20migration%20000f2413.gif

  11. Massive Migrations • Causes of Migration • Why was iron ore a cause of Migration? • Need of resources and hardwood forests for iron smelting • Within 1,500 years they reach southern tip of Africa

  12. Massive Migrations • Effects of the Migration • Bantu speakers drive out some inhabitants; intermix with others • What did the Bantu migrations produce? • A variety of cultures • Language helps unify the continent

  13. Homework • Current Events

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