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Africa Vcb.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sahara | One of the largest deserts in Africa. |
| Savanna | A flat grassy plain. |
| Desert | A dry barren wasteland. |
| Mediterranean Region | Areas in Africa that have fertile land and mild climates. |
| Desertification | The process of which fertile soil becomes desert. |
| Animism | The belief that everything has a soul. |
| Griot | A West African story-teller |
| Migration | The movement from one place to another. |
| Bantu | The speakers of a related group of languages, who, beginning about 2,000 years ago, migrated from West Africa to South Africa. |
| Lineage | The decent from a common ancestor. |
| Stateless Society | Cultural groups in which authority is shared by lineages of equal power instead of being exercised by a centralized government. |
| Patrilineal | Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the father. |
| Matrilineal | Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother. |
| Mansa Musa | The ruler after Sundiata— Was Muslim. |
| Sundiata | Mali's first great leader |
| Ibn Battuta | A traveler and historian. |
| Swahili | A language that is Arabic and Bantu blended together. |