Africa and Islam Units

tropical grasslands

• desert
• savanna 
• rainforest
• mountains

The original Bantu people:

• Cultivated yams and palm oils

• Developed successful agricultural practices

• Developed iron-making

• All of the above

Over hundreds of years, the Bantu people migrated from West Africa to

• South and Southwest Asia

• Every continent on earth

• East and South Africa

• All of North Africa and Arabia

Mansa Musa brought these back from his famous pilgrimage.

• guns
• scholars and architects
• Berbers
• slaves

What were the main trade items between the North Africans and the Wangarans?

• Salt and Gold
• Copper and Lumber
• Silver and Gold
• Salt and Pepper

What is one of the most important effects of the Bantu migrations.

• The diffusion of Islam
• The creation of linguistic similarities across sub-Saharan Africa
• The creation of a single sub-Saharan African culture
• The diffusion of the banana

What caused the Bantu migration?

• sixty million people speak a Bantu language
• trade cities developed along the coast of Africa
• population increases put pressure on agriculture
• techniques for herding and cultivating spread

Traditional African Religion is not only for the individual but also for the _____________________

• community

• spirits of those who have passed on

• lesser gods

• Salvation of those who do not practice it

Parents, children, and near relatives who all live in one household / padres, hijos y parientes cercanos que viven en la misma casa

• rifts / fisuras

• Sahel/ Sahel

• savannah / sabana

• extended family / familia extensa

What is the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees and other natural objects have spirits / creencia de que las masas de agua, los animales, los árboles y otros objetos de la naturaleza tienen espíritu

• Sahel / Sahel

• savannah / sabana

• rifts / fisuras

• animism / animismo