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