Africa (Modules 22 & 23)
Physical Features (Module 22)
Physical Feature
The sahara is located in north africa
Mountains
Physical Feature
Desert
Rivers
Physical Feature
Ocean
Sea
Climate & Resources (Module 22)
Temperature Range
temputures get as hot as 136 deggrees but drop to frrezing at nigth.
Precipitation
approximately 400 to 600 mm per year
Resources
Oil
Gas
Natrual gas
Culture (Module 22)
People & Language
Most people in North Africa are of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry.
Religion
As in Egypt, most North Africans are Muslims who practice the religion of Islam.
Food
The traditional food is olives and olive oil in north africa.
Holidays
the birthday of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, as well as the holy month of Ramadan.
Arts & Literature
North Africa is famous for handwoven carperts
Early Human Site Discoveries (Module 23)
The stone age was a long peroid of time
Early Hominid Site (p. 746)
Ages
Early Stone Age
It began in East africa as long as 2.5 million years ago.
Middle Stone Age
They learned how to make smaller and more advance tools.
Later Stone Age
During this time they learned how to make more advanced tools such as kinfes and saws
Main topic
Adaptation to Environments (Module 23)
Cultures
A Forest Culture (Bambuti)
Bambuti live deep in the tropical rain forests of the Congo Basin.
A Desert Culture (San)
The San people have lived for thousands of years as hunter gatherers. However, their home is in a very different climate.
A Savanna Culture (Maasai)
In the savanah of east africa the Massai people developed a much diffrent culture that the Bambuti and the San.
Kingdoms (Module 23)
Egyptians
Egypt shares many aspects of its history and culture with other countries of North Africa.
Aksum
One of the new kingdoms that developed was Aksum located near the Red Sea in northeast Africa.
Ethopia
The decendants of the people of askum formed a new kingdom called Ethopia.
Ghana
Ghana lays bewttween the vast sahara and deep forest.
Mali
Rising from the ruins of Ghana, Mali took over the trade routes of west africa.
Songhai
As the songhai gained wealth they also expanded there territoiry and then they built there kingdom.
Bantu
Historians use the name Bantu as a way to identify 400 ethnic groups with origins in West Africa.
Global Trade (Module 23)
Cities
Located on the Indian Ocean, East Africa drew the attention of traders from Asia.
Goods Traded
Gold was the first item to bring European attention to Africa, but it was not the only valuable product to be found there.
European Colonies
The first European colony in West Africa was the Gold Coast, established by the Portuguese in 1482.