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WKMS Ch. 13 Voc.
Review of Africa Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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griot | storyteller |
caravan | group of travelling merchants and animals |
matrilineal | line traced through mother rather than father |
trading goods of East Africa | frankincense and myrrh |
clan | group of people descended from the same ancestor |
Swahili | culture and language of East Africa, it is a mixture of Arabic and Bantu. The word literally means "people of the coast". |
plateau | area of high flat land |
extended family | families made up of several generations |
Timbuktu | West African center of Muslim learning and trade |
sultan | leader |
Great Mosque | one of the largest buildings made from mud in West Africa; located in Djenne. It was made from baked bricks, and then covered in mud. |