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Jacob Huffor 12/4/10 Period 6 Africa chapter walk
 * == **Assignment Title** == || == **My Assignment Goes Here** == || == **Date Due:** == || == **Date Turned in:** == ||
 * == **1. Africa Chapter Walk** == || == ==

of Africa ||  || == **12/1** == ||   ||
 * 1) The world’s largest desert is the Sahara desert, located in north Africa.
 * 2) The Niger river is located in North Africa
 * 3) South of the Sahara is the environment is known as Sahel
 * 4) I would live in the Rain forest because the other two options are too hot for me
 * 5) Salt, silk, gold, and spices are some of the trade goods in Africa
 * 6) Salt was used To preserve food
 * 7) About 200 years passed
 * 8) The hundred years war began
 * 9) Some of the items they got from north include gold, copper, salt, and food
 * 10) Ghana’s rulers got rich by controlling the trade rout
 * 11) Ghana’s gold came from the south
 * 12) Overgrazing causes grasslands to turn into deserts
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal;">Mali was about 1,000 miles long from west to east
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal;">Timbuktu and Gao are located on the Niger river
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal;">Camel caravans brought trade goods from the north too Timbuktu
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal;">Heavy rain could destroy the houses by melting the mud bricks
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal;">Mansa Musa is a major figure in world history because he made a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca || == **12/1** == || 12/4/2010 ||
 * == **2. 5.1 Study Guide** == ||  || == **12/1** == ||   ||
 * == **3. Political and Physical maps** ==
 * == 4. SAS Sahara Acitivity == ||  || ==12/2== ||   ||
 * == **5. 5.2 Mini Poster/Prezi** == ||  || == **12/3** == ||   ||
 * == **6.** == ||  ||   ||   ||