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Calcutt-West African
West African Empires vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 |