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Module 12 lesson 1

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Module 12 Lesson 1   Module 12 Lesson 1  
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How did waterfalls and rapids affect the people of ancient africa?   They made navigation impossible to or from the coast.  
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How did the sahara and kalahari deserts affect the people of ancient africa?   They were largely unsuitable for human life.  
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How did mediteranean coastal areas affect the people of ancient africa?   They were very fertile. were densely populated with farmers and herders.  
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How did fertile land of savannas affect the people of ancient africa?   It was hard because rain stripped away materials. crops.  
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What is the Great Rift Valley?   first humans appeared in this area, a deep gash in Earth's crust that runs through the floor of the Red Sea and across eastern Africa.  
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What was griots?   West Africa, these storytellers kept the history and literature of a culture. Shared orally the history and literature of a culture?  
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How were history and culture preserved in African societies?   Much of it was done by oral history passed on from one generation to another. Also through artwork.  
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What are four general vegetation types found in Africa?   grassland, forest, desert, savanna  
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What is the main source of information about early African cultures?   Most of the information came from the stories griots told.  
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Why did diverse cultures develop in Africa?   Because of trade, different beliefs and other advances in every civilization.  
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How did agriculture change the way Africans lived?   Allowed them to settle down and made population bigger. Also allowed them to have more free time and have kids.  
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What evidence shows that Djenné-Djeno was a major trading city in West Africa?   It was located on a river -many materialistic artifacts were discovered there.  
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What is extended family?   It is a whole family.  
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Djenné-Djeno is?   City of Niger River delta that has been inhabited since about 250 BC.  
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What is lineage?   The people who are descended from a common ancestor.  
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Animism is?   The belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects.  
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Patrilineal is.   Relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the father.  
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Stateless Society is?   Cultural groups in which authority is shared by lineages of equal power instead of being exercised by a central government.  
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What is a Nok?   An African people who lived in what is now Nigeria between 500 BC and AD 200.  
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