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Ch. 5 & 6
Key terms for capters 5 7 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are rifts? | Long, deep valleys formed by the movement of the earth's crust. |
| What is the sub-Saharan Africa? | Ahrica south of the Sahara. |
| What is a Sahel? | A strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas. |
| What is a savannah? | An open grassland scattered with trees |
| What is a rain forest? | A moist, densely wooded area. |
| What does it mean by extended family? | Father, mother, children, and other close relatives in one house hold. |
| What is animism? | The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits. |
| What is a silent barder? | a process in which people trade goods without contacting eachother directly. |
| Who was Tunka Manin? | He was the nephew of the a previous king named Basi. |
| Wo was Sundiata? | A ruler who led the rise to power with Mali. |
| Who was Mansa Musa? | Mlai's most famous ruler, he was Muslim. |
| Who was Sunni Ali? | Ruler of Songhai in 1464. Helped Songhai grow. |
| Who was Askia the Great? | a man who achieved the title "the great" after overthrowing Sunni Baru. |
| What is oral history? | A spoken record of past events. |
| Who were griots? | They were West African storytellers. |
| What were proverbs? | They were short sayings of wisdom or truth |
| What is a Kente? | A hand-woven. brightly colored fabric. |