Question

1. Describe the impact drought had on West Africa.

2. Explain the positive and negative impacts of trade on the Kingdoms of Axum and Kush.

3. Explain the impact of cultural diffusion on the spread of different religions across Africa.

4. Choose two geographical features to visit in Africa. Tell about the feature and why would you visit?

5. The Song dynasty impacted education through the invention of movable type.

6. Choose and describe a modern-day invention that has a similar influence.

7. How did the mining of gold and planting of cotton impact the economy and ecosystem in West Africa?

8. Rank the Mongol leaders from least important to most important based upon what you learned in the lesson. Explain the rank of each person and the reason for their ranking.

9. The module provides various examples of how ecosystems can be destroyed by humans and natural disasters. Describe one way an ecosystem can be destroyed by humans AND one way it can be destroyed naturally.

Answer 1

1. . Additional impacts of the drought are death of livestock and poor crop yields due to poor or no rainfall making water unavailable for irrigation. ... Areas in the Free State and North West provinces of South Africa that are known for corn farming are currently unable to grow enough corn due to the drought

2. Trade and religion had a huge influence on the development of Aksum and Ethiopia, because it brought the culture of the previous place of the traded goods, or where the religion was practiced, to Africa.

3. Another positive effect of cultural diffusion is when new technologies are shared around the world. Inventions such as the telescope, the printing press, steam engines, cars, and computers have all had big impacts on how people live in every area of the world.

4. Africas physical geography, environment and resources, and human geography can be considered separately. Africa has eight major physical regions: the Sahara, the Sahel, the Ethiopian Highlands, the savanna, the Swahili Coast, the rain forest, the African Great Lakes, and Southern Africa.

5. Yuan-dynasty official Wang Zhen

Movable type was first created by Bi Sheng (990-1051), who used baked clay, which was very fragile. The Yuan-dynasty official Wang Zhen is credited with the introduction of wooden movable type, a more durable option, around 1297.

6. Great modern inventions include electric motor, telephones, computers, plastic and aeroplanes. The invention of the electric dynamo by Michael Faraday opened up the practical use of electricity – from transport to power tools and home appliances.

7. Not just a brute force, but a colossal empire

8. The Mongols actually built a very professional force that was open-minded and highly innovative. They were master engineers who used every technology known to man, while their competitors were lax and obstinate.

9. Land-use change: Humans may destroy natural landscapes as they mine resources and urbanize areas. ... Some examples include the mining of natural resources like coal, the hunting and fishing of animals for food, and the clearing of forests for urbanization and wood use.

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