Important words connected to what we are going to be learning about West Africa.
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| Human-Environment Interaction | How humans affect the environment and how the environment affects humans
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| Command Economy | Government controls the economy
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| Traditional Economy | Economy where customs guide trade
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| Market Economy | No rules or regulations (economy is strictly based off of supply and demand)
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| Mixed Economy | Government and supply and demand have a say in the economy (some rules and regulations)
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| Trade Route | A route, such as a river, that is a center for trade and embargo for other civilizations to be able to trade
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| Trans-Saharan Trade | Trade that required humans from the north and south to trade and go through Ghana to get to the side of the trade
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| Taxes | The amount of money a human owes to the government
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| Kingdom of Ghana | A kingdom that became rich through trans-Saharan trade because they taxed goods going in and out of the region (because it was in the middle of Africa)
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| Wangara | A kingdom in Africa that was very rich because they had a lot of gold that were found in their secret gold mines that they never revealed to other civilizations
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| Natural Resource | A resource found in nature that helps humans survive
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| Sahel | A region in the northern part of Africa that is considered to be a semi-desert
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| Sahara Desert | A vast desert in north Africa that made travel difficult through the region until the introduction of the camel for trade
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| Savanna | A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
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| Tribute | Tribute was a payment to the ruler that conquered a person in which they excepted the king's authority
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| Population Growth | A growth of population in people in a certain area or region
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| Extended Families | Early farming communities were made up of these
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| Government | A governing body or system in a nation or region
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| Monarchy | A government in which a supreme ruler rules and makes all the decisions (the family line rules)
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| Taghaza | A region in Africa that had a lot of salt and became successful in trans-Saharan trade because other regions didn't have salt and they did (they could trade for stuff they needed in exchange for the salt they mined
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