Free Poverty

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MEDIEVAL ASIA WEB QUEST

CHINA

GEOGRAPHY

http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/geography/home_set.html

SOUNDS OF CHINA

http://www.pbs.org/kqed/chinainside/soundmap/index.html

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF IMPERIAL CHINA

http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/library/dynasty/dynasty.htm

ANCIENT CHINA IN PICTURES

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/china/ss/082208china.htm

CHINESE DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS

http://www.vhinkle.com/china/inventions.html

JAPAN

SAMURAI

http://people.howstuffworks.com/samurai1.htm

GAMES

http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/geography/challenge/cha_set.html

http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/picturesaswords/index.html

http://pbskids.org/sagwa/games/countdown/index.html

http://www.history.com/interactives/warriors-game

Africa Webquest

Use the links below to answer the questions for your webquest.

Mansa Musa http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies/musa/# Gold and Salt Trade http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/photogalleries/salt/index.html Kente /Mud Cloth http://art-smart.ci.manchester.ct.us/fiber-kente/kente.html http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/mudcloth/index_flash.html Folk Tales http://www.africanculturalcenter.org/5_4_3folktales.html http://www.phillipmartin.info/liberia/text_folktales_intro.htm http://africa.mrdonn.org/anansi.html http://africa.mrdonn.org/fables.html Proverbs http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Discourse/Proverbs/African.html Masks http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~bcr/African_Mask_Portraits.html Music http://africa.mrdonn.org/sounds.html http://www.coraconnection.com/pages/WhatisKora.html http://www.coraconnection.com/pages/ngoni.html http://www.coraconnection.com/pages/balaphone.html Griots http://www.pbs.org/wonders/fr_e5.htm Games for when you finish http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Kids/kids.htm http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/pagegen/wok/index_f4.html http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Africa/Africa_travel_G0_double2.html http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Africa-georegion-click.html http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/africa-map-game.php http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/serengeti/game.html http://pbskids.org/africa/index.html

Africa Extension Activity

So you want to learn more about African Geography? Follow the links below to learn more if you answer the questions you can get some extra credit. Who doesn't need that!

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/africa/exhibit/sahara/index.html

1. What is unusual about the rainfall and size of the Sahara ?

2. What makes the Sahara a desert?

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/africa/exhibit/sahara/blown.htm

3. Describe the types of winds and their effect on the Sahara.

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/africa/exhibit/sahara/more.htm

4. Describe the physical makeup of the Sahara.

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/africa/exhibit/sahara/tuareg/index.html

5. Describe the Tuareg people.

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/africa/exhibit/sahara/tuareg/4.htm

6. Why is salt so important?

7. Describe the process of obtaining it.

Test your African Geography Knowledge Here

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/African_Geography.htm