Sunday, March 1, 2015

6th Social Studies - 3/2/15

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BZ0FDIXUD88q68R_exCeWEtTTh30JskLjrKO1TYnfuI/pub

Homework:

3/5 - Copy vocabulary words in NB

1. Savannas - consists of areas of open grassland with very few trees.

2.  Aksum -  powerful kingdom in northern Ethiopia during the early Christian era.

3.  gold trade - Exchange of salt for commodities such as gold and slaves, particularly in WestAfrica. Salt was probably one of the earliest goods traded over long

4.  ivory - the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant

5.  Great Zimbabwe - ruins are the largest collection of ruins in Africa south of the Sahara. Located in the heart of southern Africa

6.  Lalibela - The small town of Lalibela in Ethiopia is home to one of the world's most astounding sacred sites: eleven rock-hewn churches, each carved entirely out of a single rock.

7.  Mansa Musa - (about 1280 – about 1337) was an emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire during the 14th century. 

8. Songhai - largest of the former empires in the western Sudan region of N Africa.

9.  Kush - The Kingdom of Kush was an ancient state that existed (twice) in what is now the northern part of The Sudan.


10.  Swahili - language, also known as Kiswahili, is a Bantu language and the first language of the Swahili people.