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Africa Chapter Walk, 15-1
Answer on your own paper in complete sentences.
Geography and Climate Zones in Africa, p. 445
1. Which type of physical feature covers the largest area of Africa?
2. How might Africa’s geography have affected trading patterns there?
Comparing Africa to the U.S. p. 446
3. How does the size of the Sahara compare of the size of the United States?
4. How does the population of Africa compare to that of the United States?
Trade Routes of North Africa, p. 448
5. About how many miles was it from the kingdom of Ghana to Cairo?
6. In general, where were many of the sources of salt found in West Africa?
The Way it Was, p. 449
7. How do salt deposits form?
8. Why do you think salt was so valuable that it was traded ounce for ounce for
gold?
African Trading Empires, p. 451
9. Which kingdom developed earliest?
10. What were some of the common trade items of the West African empires?
Trade in East African, p. 452
11. Into what bodies of water did trade routes from eastern Africa extend?
12. Describe the location of Zimbabwe.