1. Regions of Africa Create your own notes using Chapter 19. Answer all of the questions found in the PowerPoint and add a picture to a minimum of 3 slides.

2. North Africa What country blossomed around the Nile River? Explain the Nile’s importance:

3. Religion What is the dominant religion and culture of North Africa? How and when did this religion arrive?

4. Economy What is black gold? Why is it important to the region?

5. Souk What is a Souk? Why is it important?

6. Family Life What were the traditional roles of men and women in North Africa? How has this been changing?

7. West Africa History Who were the three major trading empires of West Africa? Explain how West Africa was an example of a stateless society:

8. Economic Struggles What does this graph show us about economic growth in Africa? Which specific countries have actually gone downhill economically over the course of the ten years shown? Why has this happened?

9. Culture Explain some of the more important art in West Africa: What type of music is prevalent in West Africa…explain this music:

10. Central Africa What effects did the slave trade have on Africa? What were the effects of colonialism?

11. Economy How did colonialism hurt the economy?

12. Education Explain the education system and the barriers to education in Central Africa:

13. South Africa How did the gold trade affect South Africa?

14. Apartheid What was it? When was it?

15. Economic Growth How has south Africa’s economy grown?

16. Current Issues What are the current or modern issues still going on in South Africa?