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Calcutt-West African
West African Empires vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| rift | long, deep valleys formed by the movement of the earth's crust |
| sub-Saharan Africa | Africa south of the Sahara |
| Sahel | a strip of land with little rainfall that divides the desert from wetter areas |
| savannah | open grassland with scattered trees |
| rainforests | moist, densely wooded areas |
| extended family | father, mother, siblings, and close relatives living in one household |
| animism | the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits |
| silent barter | process in which people exchange goods without contacting each other directly |
| griots | storytellers of early West Africa |
| oral history | a spoken record of past history |
| proverbs | short sayings of wisdom or truth |
| kente | a hand-woven, brightly colored fabric |