Ch 13- West Aftica Flashcards
1
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History
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Farming goes back to 6000 years
Early settlers stayed near Lake Chad and Niger River
3 major empires: Ghana, Mali, Shanghai
2
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European interactions
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Prince Henry the navigator
Nigeria and Benin termed slave coast
3
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Religion
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Originally Animism
Christianity is most common west Africa
4
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Arts
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Story telling
Vocal music
Masks provide adornment
5
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Food patterns
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2 most important crop - maize and cassava
Proteins- bat. Beef. COD. Goat. Caterpillars
Meals cooked over open flame
Fufu. Yasa. Jollof rice. Gari fofo
6
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Geographic overview
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Countries south of Sahara desert and western bump.
Most have shorelines but several are isolated from the sea
