Chapter 3 Early African Societies and the Bantu Migrations
AP History Reading Guide Directions:
Each guide is worth 25 points. The teacher may read all or sample sections of each guide for grading purposes.
Please:
Handwrite your answers on loose leaf.
Put the chapter number in the center on the top of the page.
Put your name, the date due, and sequence number in the upper right hand corner.
Use Cornell Note Taking when doing definitions and questions. Define all vocabulary terms in sentences containing appositives.
Answer the important questions in paragraphs of at least four sentences.
Know the following terms and concepts. Keep these in mind: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.
Climate change and agriculture in Africa
Domestication of sheep and goats
Egypt and Nubia
Gift of the Nile
Irrigation/Flooding
Menes
Old Kingdom Pharaohs
Middle Kingdom
Kush
Hyksos
New Kingdom
Memphis
Thebes
Assyrians
Queen Hapshetsut
Economic Specialization and Trade
Papyrus
Hieroglyphs
Polytheistic
Osiris
Amon and Re
Bantu migrations
Bantu language
Yams and oil palms
Iron metallurgy
Bantu methods of agriculture
Age sets
When you finish read the chapter you must be able to:
Explain the effect of the Nile on Egyptian society and culture.
Describe the social and political structure of Egypt.
Explain the basic tenets of Egyptian polytheism and its integration into politics.
Describe the extent of Egyptian trade and its trading partners with a special focus on trade with Nubia.
Identify Egyptian art style and subject matter.
Primary Source Questions: Apply SOAPSTONE to any documents.
1 Examine the funerary sculpture from Upper Egypt, 2200-2000 B.C.E., on page 54 of your textbook
From this painting, what can you surmise about the relationship between Egyptians and Nubians?
To what extent did Egypt tolerate foreigners?
Who may have painted this?
2 Examine Map 3.3, page 66, Bantu Migrations, 2000 B.C.E.- 1000 C.E.
Describe the place of origin of the Bantu?
How did