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Africa test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Savanna | broad grasslands w/ scattered trees. |
| West Africa Rivers | The Niger and Senegal Rivers |
| Griots | West African musician, used music/ stories to track heritage/ history |
| Oral Tradition | Community's cultural/historical background, passed down in spoken stories/songs |
| Trans-Saharan | Trade across Sahara Desert |
| Scholarship | formal study/Learning |
| Stele | grand stone pillars |
| Natural Resources | natural materials people use to meet needs. |
| Plateau | Large flat area that rises above surrounding land. |
| The Swahili Coast | The Swahili Coast, an 1,800 mile Stretch along East Coast of Africa, 1200-1500 AD, not a unified empire, Independent city-states with common language/ commercial intrest. |
| Who was Ezana? Impact on Axum Culture? | King of Axum. He conquered Kush, converted to Christianity, made it state religion, built churches/pillars to promote the religion. |
| Mansa Musa and Islam | Built center for learning in Timbuktu, built Schools to teach Islam. |
| Deserts of Africa | The Sahara, the Kalahari, and the Namib Deserts |
| Griots Importance | memorized/told stories of events/people, preserving West Africa history that was not written down. |
| Mansa Musa | One of the richest men to ever live, he stunned the world with his great Hajj to Mecca, and messed up Egypt's economy along the way. |
| Kings of Ghana maintaining power? | they kept gold for themselves, commoners could only have gold dust, and they taxed all goods bought and sold. |