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African Kingdoms
Q4 W1-2 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Traditional Religion | religions of West Africa based on the worship of different aspects of nature and ancestors |
Ancestor Veneration | the worshiping of the spirit of ancestors in the belief that they are connected to the gods |
Animism | the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits |
Demand | a consumer's desire and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service |
Natural Resources | materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain |
Rain Forests | moist, densely wooded areas |
Sahel | a strip of land with little rainfall that divides the desert from wetter areas |
Savannah | open grassland with scattered trees |
Scarcity | a limited amount of something |
Specialization | when a civilization or a business focuses on the creating a few specific things like corn, rice, salt or gold |
Surplus | extra goods |
Trade | the trading, or exchanging of a good or service for something else |
Arquebus | early form of gun or firearm |
Caravans | a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa |
Clan | a group of people descended from the same ancestor |
Tax | a fee charged by a government to raise funds |