Central and Southern Africa

Good grazing, with few disease-carrying insects and plenty of water.

• Congo Basin

• Great Rift Valley

• Eastern Savanna

Rain forest, excellent river transportation, and fishing industry.

• Congo Basin

• Great Rift Valley

• Eastern Savanna

Good for growing crops, such as yams, rice, and sugar cane.

• Congo Basin

• Great Rift Valley

• Eastern Savanna

People became infected with sleeping sickness as a result of

• bites from teste flies

• desert oases

• poor nutrition

From exchange with other groups, Bantu speaking people learned to

• Hear cattle

• Hunt and fish game

• adapt to new customs and traditions

The primary social and political unit of Bantu-speaking people was the

• family

• government

• village

Swahili language and culture was the result of the

• blending of Bantu and Arab languages and culture

• interaction between different African group

• trade between African European

The gold of Zimbabwe was mostly mined by

• men

• women

• women and children

the gathering of information about various peoples through the study of their language.

• migrate

• ethnoliguistics

• currency

• oral tradition

• plantation

a person sent to a foreign country to do religious or charitable.

• Plantation

• Plateau

• monsoon

• missionary

• malaria