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West Africa vocab
The vocabulary of West Africa
Term | Definition |
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Kinship | A connection among people by blood, marriage, or adoption. |
Clan | A set of kinship groups with a common ancestor. |
Labor Speciliazation | The doing of specific types of work by trained or knowledgeable workers. |
Griot | An official storyteller |
Vegetation Zone | A region that has certain types of plants. |
Sahara | A large desert of Northern Africa. |
Savannah | A grassland in a tropical zone. |
Ghana | A region between the Sahara the the forests of southern West Africa. |
Almoravids | A North African Islamic people. |
Salt | A valuable resource produced and mined in North Africa. |
Mali | A West African empire founded |
Timbuktu | A city in Mali that was a center of trade and culture. |
Mansa Musa | A king in Mali who came to power in 1307 |
Song Hai | A West African people whose leaders created a great empire in 1400 |
Askia Muhammad | A ruler of the Song Hai empire, who took power in 1493 |