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JLC SS Ch 13 Review
JLC SS 6th Grade Ch 13 Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe a Savanna | short, grassy plaine |
| Describe winter in the Mediterranean zone of Africa. | Mild and rainy |
| Name major landforms located in Africa. | Great Rift Valley, Mount Kilimanjaro, Atlas Mountains, Sahara Desert, Kalahari Desert |
| What are the major rivers in Africa? | Zambezi, Congo & Niger - interior riversNile River |
| What caused people to migrate to Africa? | Changes in climate - long ago Sahara desert had rivers, grassy plains and forests. Then climate began to change- rain stopped, land dried up. People moved eaat and south. |
| Migration can be traced through language.How did the Bantu languages help trace African migration | Many words in these languages are similiar. As Bantu moved south, their languages spread with them. |
| What effect did gold have on West Africa? | It made them wealthy and brought in trade goods from other lands. |
| How did the location of Ghana help make it a wealthy empire? | Its location between salt mines in the Sahara and the gold fields in Wangara made the middlemen wealthy and turned Ghana into an empire. |
| Who is the Mansa Musa? | The greatest king of Mali. Stong Muslim ruler. Made pilgrimage to Mecca and brought back architect and Arab scholars to to build mosques and teach Muslims beliefs and scholarship. |
| Why did Mali get included by the mapmakers? | Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca caught the attention of the European mapmakers. Europeans began to take an interest in the gold and other resources Mali had to offer. |
| What effects did Mansa Musa have on African history? | Europeans began to take an interest in gold and other resources of Mali. |
| What was a common feature of West African kingdoms? | They were crossroads for trade. |
| What goods were exported by Kingdom of Axum? | These goods, ivory, frankincense and myrrh were wanted by Greece and Rome. Luxury craftworks from copper, brass and crystal were in demand. |
| What country replaced the Axum civilization? | Ethiopia |
| What were the major dynasties of Ethiopia? | Zagwe dynasty & Solomonid dynasty |
| Why did the Portuguese attack cities of East Africa in 1500's? | They wanted control of the trade in the Indian Ocean. |
| What was the purpose of the enclosures of Great Zimbabwe and the walls of Benin? | Built to show the power and importance of the king. |
| What effect did International trade have on Benin? | Grew to become a powerful empire. |
| Where is the best climate for agriculture located in Africa? | North African coast and Southern tip of Africa. |
| What is the best climate in Africa for agriculture? | Hot summers and mild rainy winters. |
| What clues help lead to the knowledge of an areas past? | Similiarities in languages can be traced to their origin. Historians can understand how people moved around by tracing language origins. Linguists communicate with older members of a group to learn of experiences. |
| Name three factors that made Ghana a wealthy kingdom. | Safe trade routes.Location- between salt mines & gold fields.Income from taxes placed on trade goods. |
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