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World History
 Standard 22.Understands the growth of states, towns, and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa between the 11th and 15th centuries
   
Topics1. Towns and maritime trade in East and Southern Africa ; 2. Trade and trade routes
   Level III [Grade 7-8]
   Benchmark 3. Understands significant features of the major population centers of Bantu and the East African coastal region in the 2nd millennium CE (e.g., influences on the economic and cultural life of Kilwa and other East African coastal cities, the Bantu state of Great Zimbabwe and its links to the Indian Ocean trade, consequences of the contact between Bantu farmers and Khoisan hunter-gatherers in the early 2nd millennium)
    
Vocabulary terms
A. features of population centers of Bantu (2nd millennium CE)
B. features of East African coastal region (2nd millennium CE)

Knowledge/skill statements
1. Understands significant features of the major population centers of Bantu in the 2nd millennium CE   
2. Understands significant features of the major population centers of the East African coastal region in the 2nd millennium CE   
3. Understands influences on the economic life of Kilwa and other East African coastal cities  
4. Understands influences on the cultural life of Kilwa and other East African coastal cities  
5. Understands the Bantu state of Great Zimbabwe and its links to the Indian Ocean trade  
6. Understands consequences of the contact between Bantu farmers and Khoisan hunter gatherers in the early 2nd millennium  


Citation Log: BD(BE,170;R;WE,152;LI,247,249)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
B   NCHS: Basic Edition
L   Lessons from History
W   NCHS: World History, expanded edition

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document