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Africa Test Review. Take notes on information you are missing from your Cornell Notes!. African Plateau. The Great African Plateau Covers Many Areas- Rain Forest- Savannas- Sahara. Ghana.
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Africa Test Review Take notes on information you are missing from your Cornell Notes!
African Plateau • The Great African Plateau Covers Many Areas- Rain Forest- Savannas- Sahara
Ghana • There were a number of reasons for Ghana's decline. The King lost his trading monopoly. At the same time drought was beginning to have a long term effect on the land and its ability to sustain cattle and cultivation. But the Empire of Ghana was also under pressure from outside forces. • No More Gold- Over farming ruined the farmland
Sundiata Keita • Took control of Ghana- The Warrior King • Check the link to learn of his triumphs • Link
What is an Artisan?Why did they thrive in the Rain Forest? The rain forest kingdoms had great farming! So? How did this help Artisans thrive?
African Religion • How was it similar to Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? • Monotheism • Some indigenous African religions worship a single God
Swahili? • What was this new culture/language? Swahili is a Bantu language that serves as a second language to various groups traditionally inhabiting parts of the East African coast. About 35% of the Swahili vocabulary derives from the Arabic language, gained through more than twelve centuries of contact with Arabic-speaking inhabitants
Who was Ibn Batutta? Ibn Batutta and Marco Polo's travels Ibn Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325-1354
Education in Early Africa? • How were children taught? • By family • Oral traditions- Griots • African Proverbs • http://anansi-web.com/anansi.html
Portuguese in Africa • 1444 Portugal Sailors unloaded 235 enslaved Africans • Many Portuguese traders hoped to trade for the gold that attracted them there, but now they sold humans instead. • Many slaves were used for the difficult job of harvesting sugarcane
Culture Spread • African Diaspora- the spreading of African people and culture around the world • Story Telling- telling of how small animals would outsmart larger ones • Music was a very important part of life. • Express religious feelings • Get through a tough task (like planting a field) • Connected them to their homeland
Swahili • Trade • Stretched to India • Include the City of Mogadishu • Stretched north to Makkah • Check the map to the right- located eastern coast and Madagascar
What were the differences between Rain Forest Kingdoms and Savanna Kingdoms? • List facts about Rain Forest Kingdoms from page 212 • List fact about Savanna Kingdoms (page 210-211) • Mali • Ghana • Songhai