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Accelerated Africa Study Guide. Get out your Study guide & a checking pen. Let’s rock & roll!. Desert. a dry area where few plants grow, receiving less than ten inches of rain a year. Sahel –. in Africa, a strip of dry grassland between a desert and a savanna. Harbor –. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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AcceleratedAfrica Study Guide
Get out your Study guide & a checking pen. Let’s rock & roll!
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a dry area where few plants grow, receiving less than ten inches of rain a year
Desert
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in Africa, a strip of dry grassland between a desert and a savanna
Sahel –
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sheltered area of water, a safe docking place for ships
Harbor –
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Savanna
• A region containing tall grasses, some tress and shrubs
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Matrilineal
Relating to the system of tracing descent through the female of the family
Male Female
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PatrilinealRelating to the system of tracing desent through the male of the family
Male Female
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Oasis – a spot of fertile land in a desert, fed by water from underground wells or
underground springs
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Commerce – buying and ________ of goods on a large scale (______).
selling
trade
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Delta
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Delta – A triangular area formed by deposits at the mouth of a river.
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flat land near the edges of rivers formed by mud and silt deposited by floods
Flood plain –
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Monsoon
• A wind system that switches direction seasonally and brings very dry or very wet seasons. These occur most often in Africa and Asia.
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Kinship- the relationship among family members
•Mothers•Fathers•Sisters•Brothers•Aunts•Uncles Cousins
What type of kinship do you have in your family?
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Plateau
Sahel
Desert
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Mansa Musa
What characteristic of a civilization does this depict?
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What are the Five Characteristics of a Civilization?
•Stable food supply
•System of government
•Social Levels
•Specialization of labor
•Highly developed culture
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Stable Food Supply •Farming w/ excess to trade at Kumbi
•Herding livestock to use their hide
Specialization of Labor •Farmers, traders, specialized army soldiers, craftsmen
Social Levels •King (Mansa)
•Army General & Government Official
•Craftsman, Merchant
•Farmer
System of Government •Taxes taken by the king’s official
•Public works created for the people from the taxes collected thru trade
Highly Developed Culture
•Oral Traditions – Griot
•Call & Response showing culture
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The Nok peopleFrom present day Nigeria
Lived here from 500 BC to AD 200
Used iron to make tools for farming which allowed more to be grown and easier to reap while iron made the weapons more efficient.
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What things other than goods were exchanged between North African traders & West African Traders?
• Ideas
• Religious thinking – specifically Islam
• Scholarship – education
• Information about new inventions
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Why was the delta important to the Nok civilization and the city of
Jenne-jeno?• Delta provided rich dirt to use for farming
• River the delta formed on would provide trade opportunities
• Fresh water for crops, drinking, cooking, washing
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17. What effect did the spread of Islam have upon the people of Ghana? Part 1
• Education valued – scholars began to come to this area; reading & writing become important with traditional stories preserved
• Arabic language spoken
• Trade increased
• Architecture changed
• Became monotheistic
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How did Islam effect the later West African Kingdoms?
• They became patrillineal regarding the king and succession
• Became a monotheistic culture• Use Shari’ah which was written• Adopted Arabic as a written language so
they changed from relying solely on oral history
• Because an important cultural center
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Explain why a griot was an important part of West
African culture.•Kept the stories and history of the past•Kept the genealogy of the village•Taught the customs to others
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Identify whether the African
kingdoms used a matrilineal or
patrilineal system of tracing decent through a family.
Patrilineal
19. Part 1
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Explain why the patrilinal system was used & how it effected the succession f
the king.•Changed due to the adoption of Islamic law•Kings eldest son became king rather than the eldest son of his sister•Ect…
19. Part 2
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Homework:
• Test tomorrow – 3/