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Africa test
Term | Definition |
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Savanna | broad grasslands w/ scattered trees. |
West Africa Rivers | The Niger and Senegal Rivers |
Griots | West African musician, used music/ stories to track heritage/ history |
Oral Tradition | Community's cultural/historical background, passed down in spoken stories/songs |
Trans-Saharan | Trade across Sahara Desert |
Scholarship | formal study/Learning |
Stele | grand stone pillars |
Natural Resources | natural materials people use to meet needs. |
Plateau | Large flat area that rises above surrounding land. |
The Swahili Coast | The Swahili Coast, an 1,800 mile Stretch along East Coast of Africa, 1200-1500 AD, not a unified empire, Independent city-states with common language/ commercial intrest. |
Who was Ezana? Impact on Axum Culture? | King of Axum. He conquered Kush, converted to Christianity, made it state religion, built churches/pillars to promote the religion. |
Mansa Musa and Islam | Built center for learning in Timbuktu, built Schools to teach Islam. |
Deserts of Africa | The Sahara, the Kalahari, and the Namib Deserts |
Griots Importance | memorized/told stories of events/people, preserving West Africa history that was not written down. |
Mansa Musa | One of the richest men to ever live, he stunned the world with his great Hajj to Mecca, and messed up Egypt's economy along the way. |
Kings of Ghana maintaining power? | they kept gold for themselves, commoners could only have gold dust, and they taxed all goods bought and sold. |