West and Central Africa Flashcards
What are the three climate and vegetation regions?
Sahel, Savanna, and rain forest
A hot dry region where little rain falls.
Sahel
Tall trees that are green year-round and grow so close together that they forn a canopy or a roof-like covering.
Rain Forest
A grassy plain with scattered trees where everything is green during the summer rainy season.
Savanna
Why is the Sahel different from the savanna?
because it lies between the desert and the grassland.
What are three of West and Central Africa’s important minerals?
Cobalt, Petroleum, and Bauxite
What did the Sonkes use to make tools?
Iron
The leader of the Malinkes of the Mali Empire
Sundiata
Rulers that followed Sundiata and won land for the Mali Empire.
Mansa
at certain stations (trading staitions)slave traders loaded the captives onto ships for
a journey called the middle passage.(the route taken to ship enslaved prople across the Atlantic from Africa to the
Americas)
Middle Passage
How were early cultures shaped by their environment?
They used the locally available materials such as the Malinke using woven grass to build their homes as savanna dwellers, Mbuti homes are built using branches and leaves from the rainforest.
What are three ways that families support each other?
They share food, work, and property together.
Which country has the fewest imports and which has the fewest exports?
Republic of the Congo has the fewest imports and Zambia has the fewest exports.
Why are millet and sorghum considered import crops in West and Central Africa?
They are both staple crops and they grow well in dry areas.
