Warm-up
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What causes people to move from
location to location?
If you were to move, name your top
5 places you want to go. Why?
Objectives
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Terms: Migration
What are Push and Pull factors of
Migration?
5 reasons Bantu Migrated.
The Bantu
Migration
Chapter 8, Section 2
Pages 220-224
Bantu Migrations
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Migration –
• a permanent move from one country or
region to another
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Human history is a repeating pattern
of movement, collision, settlement,
and more movement
Early Africans made some of
history’s greatest migrations
• The Bantu society an example
Causes of Migration
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Push-Pull Factors influence movement
• They push (force)
people out of an area
• They pull (attract)
people into an area
Migration: Push-Pull Factors
Push Examples
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Climate changes;
Lack of resources;
Earthquakes,
Drought/famine
Unemployment;
Slavery
Religious, ethnic,
political persecution;
 War
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Factors
Pull Examples
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Environmental
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Abundant land;
New resources;
Good climate
Employment
opportunities
Economic
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Political
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Political and/or
religious freedom
Language, Time and Region
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With your Neighbor:
Think of slang words you use that
your parents don’t.
Slang words your parents know that
you don’t
Words that are said in Utah, but no
where else.
Keep it Appropriate!!!!!
Bantu Migrations
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Took place 3000 B.C. – A.D. 1100
The Bantu – a group of people who
speak related languages & have
related cultural characteristics
First lived south of Sahara Desert in
what is Nigeria today
Mostly farmers & nomadic herders
Developed excellent ironworking skills
Migration Begins
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Forced to move
every few years
because of slashand-burn farming
techniques
After moving, they shared skills with
people they met, adapted to new
environments, learned new customs
Migration Routes
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From their home
area, the Bantu
began moving to
the east and south
• They learned new
ways to herd goats
& sheep, and to
raise cattle
• They learned to
grow new crops like
bananas, yams
Reasons for Migrating
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Why did they migrate? – Possible
push-pull factors:
• Overpopulation in West Africa  farmers
needed more fertile land
• Sahara slowly moving southward
• Conflict within communities or with
neighbors
• Diseases
• Natural disasters
• Quest for adventure
Sahara Desert
African
Savannas
Effects of Migration on Africa
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Culture blending of languages
Ideas and technology shared
Better quality of life … perhaps
Culture clashes may create war
Employment issues
Diffusion of Bantu Languages
Griots – Important Citizens
• Few African societies had written languages
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They depended on
Griots (storytellers) to
keep their history alive
Griots orally shared
the history & literature
of a culture
• They were the links
between the past and
present
Writing Assignment
Page 222-224.
• 3 effects of migration
• Thesis Statement
• 3 paragraphs assignment