Africa (Modules 22 & 23)
Physical Features (Module 22)
Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert is rocky
The Sahara Desert is the worlds largest desert
Mediterranean Sea
The Nile River empties into the Mediterranean Sea
The Nile River fans out to the Mediterranean Sea
Nile River
Worlds longest river
The Nile delta makes the area fertile
Climate & Resources (Module 22)
High of 136°F and a low of -23.9°C
The humidity is usally low
Precipitation
About 1,000 ml. per year
Resources
Oil
Gold
Natural gas
Culture (Module 22)
People & Language
They speak Arabic and diffrent people travel through
deserts
Religion
About 90% of them are muslims
Food
They eat grains, fruits, nuts, and also vegetables
Holidays
They have two revolution holidays
Arts & Literature
They have produced artists and writers
Early Human Site Discoveries (Module 23)
All earliest human sites were located in Africa
Early Hominid Site (p. 746)
Ages
Early Stone Age
The early stone age began in East Africa about 2.5 million years ago
Middle Stone Age
After the early stone age the middle stone age
learned how to make smaller finer tools
Later Stone Age
The later stone age then started making more helpful tools like knives and more
Adaptation to Environments (Module 23)
Cultures
A Forest Culture (Bambuti)
Some live deep in the rainforest to provide their needs
A Desert Culture (San)
The San peopel have lived for thousands of years
and their home had a very diffrent climate
A Savanna Culture (Maasai)
This culture does not use tools they herd cattle and other
animals to survive
Kingdoms (Module 23)
Egyptians
The Egypt civalization of ancient Africa focused
along the lower part of the Nile River
Aksum
Aksum was one of the newest civalizations
and they beame a major trading part as a result
Ethopia
Aksum formed the kingdom of Ethopia and also
realted to the mountains of Ethopia in many ways
Ghana
Ghana built an empire and they also gained power
over the trade routes
Mali
Mali built upon the foundation off of Ghana
and then Mali soon took over the trade routes
Songhai
After the Mali Songhai took over and Mali
was at it's reaching point
Bantu
Bantu peoples established several kingdoms and then
migrated through Africa
Global Trade (Module 23)
Cities
Djenne-Djenno was one of the oldest cities in africa
Goods Traded
They traded many things like gold, ivory, and iron, even more
European Colonies
In like the 1400s people set sail from aroud Europe and they hoped to find new trade routes