What were the causes and effects of African migration?

DO NOW: What do you know about Africa?HW: How might life in the United States today be affected if well watered areas began to turn

into dessert? Due Wednesday April 1st

VocabularyDesertification: process by which fertile or

semi-dessert land becomes dessert Savanna: a grassy plain in tropical and

subtropical regions, with few treesBantu Migrations: series of migrations of

the Bantu people from the Congo area to present day Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Climate ZonesSahara Desert, largest desert in the worldAlthough huge in size, and rough terrain, it

was still considered as a huge trade route.These regions contained salt, gold, iron,

copper, oil and diamonds which spurred trade.

Movement between landsBesides barriers like rainforests, and

desserts, migrators also had to deal with enormous coastlines.

The Red Sea, and Indian Ocean were very important as it lead to trade routes with the Middle East and other Asian lands.

Bantu MigrationScholars have traced African farmers trading

from 1000 B.C to 1000 A.D. These people spoke a variety of languages,

that come from one root language… Bantu.In many regions, this type of trading built

empires.Archaeologists believe that the migration was

caused by the development of agriculture, and ceramics of iron.

Photo of Bantu Migration

Kingdom of NubiaNubia, also called Kush, is in present day

Sudan.Nubia was taken over by various African

Pharaohs. Nubian rulers moved capital to Meroe.Meroe commanded Nile trade routes

containing goods such as gold, ivory, animal skins, perfumes, and slaves to the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

Highly important in Iron Ore.

Independent Activity Act like you are on a journey, and you have a

journal that you keep updated daily, what would you write about your expedition??? BE CREATIVE!!!

1 to 1 and a half pages long

Exit SlipWould you like to live in Africa at this time in

history? Why?/Why not?