African Landscapes
This desert is the largest in Africa.
Sahara
Early people in Africa lived this lifestyle as hunter-gatherers, going from place to place in search of food.
Nomadic
A permanent move from one country to another.
Migration
This religious system believes that spirits are present in animals, plants, and forces of nature.
Animism
These step-like ridges help the soil retain moisture and prevent erosion.
Terraces
This is the name for the land at the southern edge of the Sahara desert. It means "coastline".
Sahal
West Africa's earliest known culture.
The Nok culture
These people are believed to have started out in the savanna south of the Sahara desert, and then they began migrating into the southern part of Africa.
Bantu-Speaking people
This kingdom conquered Kush and controlled the area of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Aksum
This religion eventually became the official religion of Aksum.
Christianity
These grassy plains cover about 40 percent of the African continent.
Savannas
The oldest-known city south of the Sahara.
Djenne'-Djeno
These are things that drive people out of an area or attract people to an area.
Push-pull factors
This was the chief seaport of Aksum, located on the Red Sea.
Adulis
The Kingdom of Aksum eventually became this country.
(Two possible answers
Ethiopia and/or Eritrea
Located in the center of Africa, in this region you could expect to find dense trees, high humidity, and much precipitation in this type of vegetation region.
Rain Forest
These African storytellers helped keep history alive by passing on the story on from parent to child.
Griots
Name 5 Pull Factors
-Better job opportunities
-Family living in an area
-More food
-Better Climate
-Freedom from persecution or war
-More space to live
This was the peninsula to the east of Aksum, where Arab traders came from.
Arabian Peninsula
What push and pull factors made Aksum move into the mountains?
Push-Islamic invader destroying their port city
Pull-Geographic protection from Islamic invaders
The northern coast of Africa, and the southern tip, have this type of climate that has hot dry summers and cool, wet winters.
Mediterranean
As African hunter-gatherers got better at agriculture, these 5 things happened to them.
-They stopped wandering from place to place
-They built permanent shelters
-They lived longer
-They increased in number
-They started specializing in various trades
-They developed more complex societies
Name 5 PUSH factors (Be Specific!!!)
-Lack of food
-Lack of resources
-Lack of jobs
-Persecution
-Slavery
-Famine/Drought
-Volcano
-Earthquake
-War
This leader of Aksum brought the kingdom to it's greatest heights.
Enzana
What are 5 factors that led to the decline of Aksum as a kingdom?
-The destruction of Adulis
-The Rise of Islam nearby
-Aksum's geographic isolation
-Depletion of the forests nearby
-Soil erosion