WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Bantu-speaking people migrated because they were looking for
A
better farmland and better grazing.
B
better weather conditions.
C
gold and salt.
D
the coast, so that they could trade.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who are the Bantu? million people living in equatorial and southern Africa. They originated in West Africa, migrating downward gradually into southern Africa. * This migration was one of the largest in human history.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Bantu were essentially agriculturalists who used both stone and iron tools to grow crops like sorghum and millet. The Bantu people also had the technology to create iron from iron ore to improve their agricultural yields.

Detailed explanation-3: -Large groups of people moved, in waves, from the Bantu homeland in West Africa. They brought with them technologies that allowed them to open up and cultivate land that had been forest, rocky soil, or swamp – iron, crops, pottery, and cattle being chief among them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The Bantu migration was one of the most important moments in ancient African history, and it was largely defined by geography. The Bantu people moved south across the continent because there was a major geographic landform preventing them from moving north: The Sahara Desert.

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