Africa Vocab

Question 1

Savannah

Answer 1

Park like landscape of grasslands

Question 2

Jenne-Jeno

Answer 2

Ancient west african city built along Niger river

Question 3

Trans-Saharan trade

Answer 3

trade between north and south of sahara

Question 4

Mansa Musa

Answer 4

First west african ruler to practice Islam

Question 5

Devoted

Answer 5

Commited

Question 6

Natural resources

Answer 6

Resources found in the enviornment

Question 7

Labor specialization

Answer 7

Division of job and skill in society

Question 8

Scholarship

Answer 8

Formal study and learning

Question 9

Griot

Answer 9

African storyteller who uses music and stories to track heritage and record history

Question 10

Caste

Answer 10

Fixed social class in which someone was born

Question 11

Kinship

Answer 11

Connection based on family traditions

Question 12

Lineage

Answer 12

Group of people descended from common ancestor.

Question 13

Oral tradition

Answer 13

Cultural and historical background passed down in stories and song

Question 14

Pastoral Nomads

Answer 14

Wanderors who travel with animals

Question 15

Lavish

Answer 15

Fancy

Question 16

Mali

Answer 16

West african empire ruled by mande that became crossroad of islam world

Question 17

Ghana

Answer 17

Medieval civilization in west africa

Question 18

Songhai

Answer 18

people who broke away from mali and built empire in west africa

Question 19

Ethnic group

Answer 19

Group that shares culture and language and identity

Question 20

Sahel

Answer 20

Zone of semidesert, south of sahara, where short grasses and a few trees grow