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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