Bantu Migration

Besides warfare, why might having the knowledge of iron be beneficial to the Bantu in a forest environment? 

• Iron tools for cutting through the jungle
• Iron can be melted into statues
• Iron looked cool so they went with it
• Iron is as strong as wood

Where did the Bantu Migrations migrate to?

• The Bantu people migrated north and east to the Nile River and the Arabian Peninsula.

• The Bantu people spread south and east from their Central African homelands.

• The Bantu people moved west along the coast of Western Africa.

• The Bantu people moved north into the Sahara to cash in on the salt trade.

Famine, disease and war are considered what?

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors

The Bantu migrations in Africa had the greatest impact on the development of modern African _________________.

• languages

• market systems

• transportations

• architecture

What technology was spread by the Bantu

• iron

• compass

• camel saddles

• yams

What did the Bantu-speaking people spread across Africa as they migrated?

• Christianity.
• bronze making skills.
• Islam.  
• their language and culture.

The Bantu-speaking people migrated because they were looking for ?

• better farmland and better grazing.  
• better weather conditions.  
• gold and salt. 
• the coast, so that they could trade.  

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

What is the best definition of migration?

• the movement of people from one region to another

• flocks of geese

• immigrating to Europe from Africa

• emigrating from the United States to West Africa

What were the reasons the Bantu migrated in Sub-Saharan Africa?

• desertification

• overpopulation

• scarce resources

• famine