World History, Grades 9-12

222 Chapter 8 CASESTUDY: Bantu-speaking Peoples Massive Migrations Early Africans made some of the greatest migrations in histor ...

Tanzania, they learned to cultivate new crops. One such crop was the banana, which came from Southeast Asia via Indonesian trave ...

224 Chapter 8 which the Bantu moved were sparsely populated with peoples like the BaMbuti and the San. These Africans were not B ...

African Civilizations 225 MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW TERMS & NAMES POWER AND AUTHORITYThe kingdom of Aksum became an inter ...

crossed the Red Sea and took con- trol of lands on the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Aksum Controls International Trade Aksum’ ...

An International Culture Develops From the beginning, Aksumites had a diverse cultural heri- tage. This blend included tradition ...

When Ezana finally became ruler of Aksum, he converted to Christianity and established it as the kingdom’s official religion. He ...

Recognizing Effects How did the Muslim conquest of Africa affect the kingdom of Aksum? The Fall of Aksum Aksum’s cultural and te ...

TERMS & NAMES Briefly explain the importance of each of the following to African civilizations in the period from 1500 B.C. ...

African Civilizations 231 Use the quotation about trade goods coming to Aksum and your knowledge of world history to answer ques ...

The Americas: A Separate World, 40,000 B.C.–A.D.700 Previewing Main Ideas The first civilizations in the Americas arose as peopl ...

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The hunter uses a spear- throwing device to steady the spear and extend the length it travels. The device gives the hunter great ...

Analyzing Causes and Recognizing Effects Use a chart to list causes and effects of the development of the Americas. TAKING NOTES ...

236 Chapter 9 PRIMARY SOURCE What a wild world it was! To see it properly, we must board a time machine and travel back into the ...

ATLANTIC OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN M iss iss ipp iR . AmazonR . NORTH AMERICA ASIA SOUTH AMERICA RO CK Y MO UN TA IN S A ...

Agriculture Creates a New Way of Life Gradually, the earliest Americans became more familiar with plant foods. They began to exp ...

Over the next several centuries, farming methods became more advanced. In central Mexico native farmers created small islands in ...

240 Chapter 9 MAIN IDEA WHY IT MATTERS NOW TERMS & NAMES CULTURAL INTERACTIONThe Olmec created the Americas’ first civilizat ...

The Olmec used their resources to build thriving communities. The oldest site, San Lorenzo, dates back to around 1150 B.C. Here ...