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BMMS 7history chap5
BMMS 7history chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| kinship | a connection amoung people by blood, marriage, or adoption |
| clan | a set of kinship groups within a common ancestor |
| griot | an official storyteller, uses music to educate and entertain |
| desertification | the process by which once fertile land is transformed into a desert |
| Sahara | the largest desert in the world, located in northern Africa |
| savannah | a grassland in a tropical region |
| Ghana | the first great trading state in west Africa |
| Mali | a West African empire founded by the Malinke people |
| Timbuktu | a city in Mali that was a center of trade and culture |
| Mansa Musa | a king of Mali who came to power in 1307, put Mali on the map |
| Berbers | people native to North Africa who were farmers and cattle herders |
| trans-Saharan | across the Sahara |
| caravan | a group of people that travels together |
| commodities | a trade good |
| scarcity | a small supply of something |
| Nok | the first west African people to make tools from iron |
| terra cotta | a fire-baked clay |
| Sundiata Keita | the founder of the Mali empire |
| oral tradition | history passed down from one generation to the next by word of mouth |