ROBERTS MIDDLE SCHOOL
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH
 

West Africa Learning Objectives

 

1. Describe how Empires in Africa (Ghana, Mali, and Songhai) grew as commercial and cultural centers along trade

     routes.

2. Describe the trans-Saharan slave trade and explain the effects on both West and Central Africa and the receiving

     societies.

3. Explain how trade routes connecting Africa, Europe, and Asia fostered the spread of ideas, technology, goods,

     and major world religions.

4. Explain how trade leads to specialization and interdependence.

5. Analyze how the distribution of resources leads to specialization and trade.

6. Explain how the growth of cities and empires fostered the growth of markets.

7. Describe how geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products, and ideas.