Geography
Seven countries
How many countries is in Africa?
Islam
What is their religion?
Local forms of Christianity and Islam
What type of religion did they contribute to the world?
A feudal government with local kings who paid tribute to the high king
What was their government like?
Trade
Did they trade or use money?
Sahara Desert, Atlas Mountains, Nile River and the delta
What are the main three geography features?
By praying and reciting the Quran
How would they worship gods?
Hunter and Gathers
The first people to settle in North Africa was the?
Kings/Rulers
Who made the decisions in the society?
Gold, ivory, slaves, skins, kola nuts, pepper, and sugar
What did they sell or trade?
Arable land, water, oil, natural gas, minerals, forests and wildlife
What natural resources do they have?
Greatly increased the wealth of African people and helped form many great African empires
How do their beliefs affect their lives?
Made steam engines, metal chisels, saws, copper tools, copper weapons, iron tools, iron weapons, nails, glue, carbon steel, bronze weapons, and art
What did they contribute to the world?
In search of water
Why did many bedouins migrated from southwest Asia?
What did they need to get from outside of their civilization?
Corn, wheat, rice, sweet potato, plantain, cassava, peanut, common bean, peppers, eggplant, and cucumber
What sort of crops can they grow?
Muslim refugees fleeing persecution in the Arab peninsula and arriving in North Africa.
How did Islam spread to North Africa?
Invented the fishing hook, bow and arrow, and boats
What did they invent?
The lower class was treated poorly and had less pay then others
Where the lower class treated with respect?
What helped the economy of Ancient Africa succeed?
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and Tunisia
Where is the civilization?
Believe in the existence of a mystical, invisible, hidden, spiritual power in the universe
What do the people believe?
African dwellings, granaries, pyramids, temples, clay (adobe) structures, tent structures, huts made of grass and reeds
What did they build (architecture)?
The king and his councilors and advisors carried out executive, legislative, and judicial functions
They used the Silk Road
How did the society distribute their resources?