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7th Grade S.S.
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  • The Middle Ages in Eastern and African Civilizations Unit 4
    • Growth and Development of Islam >
      • Geography of the Middle East and Arabian Peninsula
      • The Golden Age of Islam
      • Golden Age of Islam Project
    • African Trading Empires >
      • Geography and the Bantu Migrations
      • West African Kingdoms
    • Wait for it... The MONGOLS!
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  • Geography Practice

The Middle Ages:  West African Trading Kingdoms

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HIS 8.  Empires in Africa (Ghana, Mali and Songhay) and Asia (Byzantine, Ottoman, Mughal and China) grew as commercial and cultural centers along trade routes.
Learning Targets:
  • I can recognize that empires in Africa (Ghana, Mali and Songhay) grew as commercial and cultural centers along trade routes.
Assessment:  Quiz

West African Trade Kingdoms of the Middle Ages

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Notes Activity
Directions:  
Use these three sources to fill in your graphic organizer about the 3 medieval West African Trade Kingdoms.  ​Really focus in on italisiced information
Ghana
Mali
Songhai

Playposit Activity
​Directions: 
Answer the questions on the video and record the answers in your notes.    
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Socrative Check
Directions:  
​Use your West African Trade Kingdoms notes to answer the questions on the Socrative
Rm Code is LUKEN!


Extra Activities - for when you finish all 4 tasks.  

Unlock the Answers Review Game

Unlock all of the locks in order to earn a dollar!  Make sure you spell things correctly!  
Unlock the Answers
Quizlet Review - Arabian Pen, Islam, Africa, and the West African Trade Kingdoms.

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West African Trade Kingdoms Word Search

You do not have to submit this online!  

Wordsearch
Quizziz Game - Code is 447528

Use what you have learned to help answer the questions.  Some questions we did not directly discuss by you should be able to answer!  

Join Quizziz
Games about West African Trade Kingdoms, Other West African trade centers and African History 

These cover more topics than what we covered in class.  

Games
Games 2
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