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Medival West Africa
words to study for the social studies test
Term | Definition |
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Trade Route | The route the people took to trade with other biomes |
Natural Resource | Resources the place you are from you can get without a cost |
Sahara Desert | A desert that people live and take to trade |
Sahel | A desert with trees people live and its hot |
Savanna | a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees. |
Tribute | an act, statement, or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect, or admiration. |
Taxes | a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions. |
Population Growth | How many people are born or come to the countrie and are a citizen |
Extended Families | a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household. |
Kingdom of Ghana | A kingdom that is in Afrcia and lasted from the 6th century to the 13th century. |
Government | the governing body of a nation, state, or community. |
Trans-Saharan trade | Trans-Saharan trade requires travel across the Saharan to reach sub-Saharan Africa from the North African coast,the peak of trade extended from the 8th century until the early 17th century. |
Monarchy | a form of government with a monarch at the head. a state that has a monarch. |
Wangara | The Wangara are Soninke subgroups and later ethno-Linguistically assimilated merchant class that specialized in both Trans Saharan and Secret Trade of Gold |
Taghaza | Taghaza is an abandoned salt-mining center located in a salt pan in the desert region of northern Mali. It was an important source of rock salt for |