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BMMS 7history chap5
BMMS 7history chapter 5
Question | Answer |
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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 |