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JLC SS Ch 13 Review
JLC 6th Grade SS Ch 13 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| savanna | grassy plains |
| groit | professional storyteller |
| swahili | culture and language of west afica |
| oda | title for king of benin |
| sahara | largest desert in the world |
| jenne jenno | olest city in the sub sanara in afica |
| bantu | famiy |
| Savanna | short, grassy, plains |
| Describe winters in the Mediterranean zone of Africa. | mild and rainy |
| Major rivers located in Africa | Great Rift Valley, Mount Kilimanjaro, Atlas Mountains, Sahara Desert, Kalahari Desert |
| Why did the people of Africa migrate? | Changes in climate caused rain to stop and land dried out, no more rivers, grassy plains or forests. People move to east and south. |
| How did the Bantu languages help trace African migration? | This is a group of languages spoken in a large part of Africa. As the speakers of these languages moved south, their language spread with them. |
| What effect did gold have on West Africa? | This was a valuable resource to the empires of West Africa. It made them very wealthy and brought in trade goods from other lands. |
| What did Ghana's location help it be a wealthy empire? | This location between salt mines in the Sahara and the gold fields made middlemen wealthy and turned it into an empire. |
| What is the Mesa Musa | The greatest king of Mali, who was a strong Muslin ruler. Made pilgrimages to Mecca, built mosques and encouraged Muslin beliefs and scholarship. |