Africa Flashcards
Savannah
a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
Plateau
an area of relatively level high ground.
Sahara desert
A vast desert in North Africa, extending from the Atlantic in the west to the Red Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean and the Atlas Mountains in the north to the Sahel in the south.
Swahili
A Bantu language widely used as a lingua franca in East Africa and having official status in several countries.
Subsistence Farming
Subsistence agriculture is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. The output is mostly for local requirements with little or no surplus for trade.
Mansa Musa
Mansa is a Mandinka word meaning “sultan” (king) or “emperor”. It is particularly associated with the Keita Dynasty of the Mali Empire, which dominated West Africa from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century. Powers of the mansa included the right to dispense justice and to monopolize trade, particularly in gold.
Ghana
The etymology of the word Ghana means “warrior king” .
Mali
Welsh Meaning: The name Mali is a Welsh baby name. In Welsh the meaning of the name Mali is: Bitter.
Timbuktu
Contradicting the popular notion that African history survived only through the oral tradition.
Zimbabwe
“Zimbabwe” is a contracted form of dzimba-hwe which means “venerated houses” in the Zezuru dialect of Shona, and is usually applied to chiefs’ houses or graves.
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Matrilineal
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Oral Traditions
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