Today’s Learning: How did Africa contribute to global trade?
Warm Up: Close read – underling, highlight, annotate – The Nation of Zimbabwe. Then write a gist statement of this article on the bottom of p. 4. Share your gist statements with your table partner.
Class Work: Kilwa/Great Zimbabwe Notes, p. 20.
Use the atlas, p. 122, on your table to help you locate and label the following cities of Africa on your Afroeurasian Trade Map:
- Tripoli
- Cairo
- Timbuktu
- Mogadishu
Class Work: On the Afroeurasian Trade Chart, for “Goods Produced” and “Africa”, write:
- Gold
- Ivory
- Precious Gems
- Exotic Animals
On the chart, in the box for “Trade Routes” and “Africa”, write:
- Tripoli to Genoa (sea)
- Tripoli to Timbuktu (land)
- Timbuktu to Cairo (land)
- Mogadishu to Cairo (sea)
- Cairo to Baghdad (land)
- Mogadishu to Mumbai (sea)
Then, use a colored pencil to trace those routes on the trade map, using dashed green lines for land routes and solid blue lines for sea routes.
When you’re finished with your map/chart, please turn it in on the front table.
Use the sources on the white board (listed below) to help you complete the Standards 5.3/5.4 Review.
- The Silk Road SR
- Silk Road Notes, notebook p. 10
- Han Dynasty SR
- Han Dynasty Notes, p. 11
- Tang Dynasty SR
- Tang Dynasty Notes, p. 13
- Song Dynasty SR
- Song Dynasty Notes, p. 15
- China: Dynasties of Power video questions, p. 12
- Trans-Saharan Trade SR
- Currency Notes, p. 18
- Mansa Musa Primary Document SR
- Trade in the Indian Ocean Basin SR
- East African States SR
- East Asian Trade: Swahili Notes, p. 20
- Kilwa/Great Zimbabwe Notes, p. 20
Standards 5.3/5.4 Quiz, Thursday, February 8.
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