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Foy WH Ch. 13 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rift | a long, deep valley formed by the movement of the earth's crust |
| sub-Saharan Africa | Africa south of the Sahara |
| Sahel | a semiarid region in Africa just south of the Sahara that separates the desert from the wetter areas |
| savannah | an open grassland with scattered trees |
| animism | the belief that bodies of water, animals, and other natural objects have spirits |
| silent barter | a process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly |
| oral history | a spoken record of past events |
| griot | a West African storyteller |
| proverbs | a short saying of wisdom or truth |
| kente | a hand-woven, brightly colored West African fabric |