West Africa Summativ Word Scramble
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Mandinke or Malinke | Among the first converts to Islam; People from southern Sahara who served as middlemen between Arab caravaners and gold miners. |
kinship | family relationship and basis of West African government |
pluralistic | Power and influence is split among people or groups |
matrilineal | Descent and transfer of wealth & power is traced through the women |
patrilineal | Descent and transfer of wealth & power is traced through the men |
Mansa Musa | Mali's greater ruler and a devote Muslim |
diviner | a person who claims that they speak to the gods and help people practice religion by interacting with their gods |
griot | a West African storyteller |
indigenous | A group of people belonging to a certain country or region which is distinguished from other groups by language, customs and attitudes. |
hajj (pilgrimage) | An annual pilgrimage that Muslims make to Mecca |
cultural diffusion | spread of cultural items—such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages etc.—between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another. In West Africa, Islam spread from Arabia to the people of West Africa. |
Soninke | group of people in Ghana who developed a wealthy kingdom based on agriculture and trade |
Sundiata | king of Mali |
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