1. Post-Classical Africa (500-1450)
NEW
Unit!

2. Table of Contents Unit Outline Map Assignment Sheet Map(s)
Africa Geography Notes

3. Africa Geography Africa is a continent, not a country.
What impact might its size
have on its development?
geographical determinism - the theory that human activity is determined by geographical conditions
aka where you live impacts how you live.

4. II. Physical Geography AFRICA
>4800 miles from the mouth of the Nile River to the Cape of Good Hope…
Great Rift Valley – rich, low, wide valley. Early settlement… migration.
Desertification – expanding deserts due to climate change or human activity.

5. III. Regionalism AFRICA
Regionalism - Different regions develop different and separate cultures.
Foreshadowing:
How might regionalism impact Africa’s ability to work together against invasion (i.e. European Imperialism)?

6. IV. Cultural Geography AFRICA
Although difficult to read, the map at the left lists over 20 separate ethnic groups in Africa.
Do you think it would be easy or difficult for these groups to work together?
Tribalism = strong loyalty to one's own tribe, party, or group. Sometimes before loyalty to one’s country.

7. V. Migration = cultural diffusion
Bantu Migrations:
West African Farmers and herders migrated south in search of new farm lands. (Why didn’t they go north?)
Brought their language (Bantu) as well as their knowledge of farming, iron working, and domesticating animals.

8. VI. Raw Materials AFRICA
Why do you think other nations might have become interested in Africa?

9. Golden Age – a time of general peace and prosperity marked by
Handouts #5 & 6
Golden Age – a time of general peace and prosperity marked by
A stable government
A strong economy
Great cultural and intellectual achievements

10. Why did Silent Trade work in Ghana?
Security – Ghana (the Soninke people) knew how to smelt iron to make strong weapons. Ghana had a huge army that deterred bandits and raiders.
Stability - Ghana’s ruler controlled the supply of gold and there was plenty of it. Most people lived comfortably so no need for theft.

11. Oral History
Griots (GREE ohz) - a member of a hereditary class among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.

12. Crash Course

13. Table of Contents Unit Outline Map Assignment Sheet Map(s)
Geography Notes
Golden Age of Africa Wkst
Three West African Kingdoms (reading)
Scavenger Hunt: East African Kingdoms & Trading States

14. Indian Ocean Trade
Monsoon winds allowed East African Kingdoms and city-states to trade with India an beyond with dhows.

15. Swahili Commercial city-states
Swahili – Arabic for “of the coast”
Trade via monsoon winds created culturally diverse trade communities.
From Africa:
Ivory, leopard skins, iron, copper, and gold
From India, Southeast Asia, and China:
Cotton cloth, silk, spices, porcelian, glassware, and swords.

16. Mansa Musa compared to 8. Traveler’s Tale – Ibn Battuta

17. Mansa Musa – The Muslim King of Mali Traveler’s Tale – Ibn Battuta
Comparisons
Both Muslim
Both went on the hajj
Their travels impacted them and the world (but how?)
Contrasts
Mansa Musa a king
Ibn Battuta a judge
Mansa Musa returned home to rule Mali
Ibn Battuta continued traveling and wrote about his travels.
Mansa Musa’s hajj displayed the wealth of Mali to the world and encouraged traders to visit his kingdom.
Ibn Battuta’s travels, and more importantly his writings, describe a broader, more diverse world to those that read his works.

18. #9
Write a well-developed paragraph that uses specific names and details to compare and contrast West African and East African post-classical trading states.

19. West African (Sudanic) Trading States

20. East African Kingdoms

21. Modern Africa Challenge
There are 4 articles. Your group needs to read all 4…
Your Article is Handout #10
Question sheet is Handout #11
Paragraphs are the Challenge I only need one per group.

22. Modern Africa “He gave his life to stop a tyrant”
Forces in Somalia fought against famine, civil war, and warlords (who used child soldiers)
Child soldiers, as young as 9, serve in many nations…
No phone or tablet can be cool if it may be helping perpetrate (brutality).

23. Review Poster Get a sheet of paper or poster board
Create a “4 corner” review poster
11.1 Early Civilizations – Geography, etc
11.2 West African Trading Kingdoms
11.3 East Africa
11.4 Society / Culture
Do you have 5 members?
#5 = modern Africa / “other stuff”

24. Poster Voting You will vote as a Tribe Single sheet of notebook paper
List 6 Letters (A, B, etc.) on the sheet
The one you deem to be best gets a 6, next gets a 5…4…3…2…1.
Hand your sheet in to Mr. Northrop

25. Post Review Game Back in Rows (bummer) Blank sheet of notebook paper.
Tribe name
EVERY group members name
Contribution by group member (5 members, equal work would be 20% each…)
Overall response to this unit – how it was structured, the groups, the challenges, ….the good the bad and the ugly.
Finished? Hand in and pick up DBQ handout.

26. Kingdom Challenge 3rd Block
African Geo.
Quiz
Maps
Critical Thinking Questions
Griots Challenge re: Mansa Musa
11.5
Tribal Trading
11.6
Sec. 4
Info Hunt
Modern Africa
Review or Test?
Total
Nubia 5
Ghana 6
Songhai 1
Axum 4
Ethiopia 3
Great Zimbabwe 2

27. Kingdom Challenge 1st Block
African Geo.
Quiz
Maps
Critical Thinking Questions
Griots Challenge re: Mansa Musa
11.5
Tribal Trading
11.6
Sec. 4
Info Hunt
Modern Africa
Review or Test?
Total
Nubia 6 4
Ghana 5 3
Songhai 2
Axum 1
Ethiopia
Great Zimbabwe

28. Kingdom Challenge 4th Block
African Geo.
Quiz
Maps
Crit. Think Ques.
Griots Mansa Musa’s hajj
Silent Trade
11.2 Note Taking
11.3 Scav. Hunt
Comp poster
Mansa Musa vs. Ibn Battuta
Sec.
11.4 “Quiz”
Total
Nubia 1 2 6 4 5 3 36
Ghana
3.5
30.5
Songhai 32
Axum
44.5
Ethiopia
Great Zimbabwe 38