Africa Map Exercise African Kingdoms and Geography
Physical Geography
YOUR SHEET LOOKS LIKE THIS!!!
Key to Physical Geography A = Sahara desert B= Kalahari desert D = Zaire River T = Strait of Gibraltar O = Atlas Mts. H = niger river L = Mediterranean Sea E= nile River J = Red Sea R = Arabian Peninsula ***Timbuktu (city) I = Orange River S= The Great Rift Q = Lake Victoria K = Indian Ocean P = Madagascar N = Cape of good Hope F = Zambezi River M = Atlantic Ocean ** Mt. Kilimajaro
EAST AFRICAN EMPIRES
Egypt Already did this! You need to know were this is and the Nile River!
The Kush = Nubia
Axum = Ethiopia
WEST AFRICAN EMPIRES
Kingdom of Ghana
Empires of Mali & Songhai
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Southern African Empires
The Great Zimbabwe
Your homework Read Section 1 of ch 8 Pp 182 – 186. Questions 1 & 2 & 3 (chart) Friday HW (due Monday) Read Section 2 & 3 2 (1,2,3) & 3 (1,2,3)
Your test on Thursday is: Maps ( 1. Japan, 2. Africa geo, 3. african kingdoms, 4. MesoAmerican Civilizations) Aztec, Maya, Incas Japan, shintoism, and Samurai African Civilization and contributions Trade routes, etc.