PBA Review / Prep

The driving question for our PBA on Africa is....

• What made American empires successful?

• What made African empires successful?

• Why were African empires successful?

• African Empires were successful!

For our PBA, we are writing a three paragraph (a)  

Match the following paragraphs with their topics

• Cultural patterns

• Paragraph 2

• Social patterns

• Paragraph 2

• Economic systems

• Paragraph 3

• Politcal systems

• Paragraph 3

• Geographical influence

• Paragraph 1

Match the following characterisitcs of the R.A.C.E. model of writing

• Tell reader focus of paragraph

• Answer question

• Link your info to original question

• Explain connection to prompt

• Explain substance and significance

• Clarify answer

• Concise identification of specifics

• Restate Prompt

Mr. Shaskan and Mr. Mercer created examples of assertions or ​ (a)   of the paragraph prompts/questions to assist us in wiritng our PBA ​ (b)  

• restatements
• reassertions
• explainations
• paragraphs
• sonnets
• short answers

Match the following documents with their paragraph locations

• Paragraph 1

• Document F Video

• Paragraph 3

• Document I Text

• Paragraph 1

• Document K Video

• Paragraph 3

• Document B Text

• Paragraph 2

• Document A Map

Document D explains the ​ (a)   of the ​ (b)   river

• history
• Congo
• future
• Nile

Who was the most famous of the Mali emperors?

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Askia Muhammad

• Sonni Ali

Please draw a circle around the Niger River's inland delta

What was the largest empire in West Africa?

• Ghana
• Mali 
• Songhai
• Zimbabwe