Lesson 1 Vocab Words
savanna
tropical grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs.
Clan
What is a group of people descended from the same ancestor?
Extended Family.
What is a family made up of several generations?
The number of people in Africa today.
What is 1.03 billion people?
Amount of people in the US.
What is 308 million people?
dhow
sailboat using wind-catching triangular sails
Swahili
Matrilineal.
Africa's size in square miles.
What is 12,000,000?
Biggest desert in the US.
What is the Mojave
Plateau
What is an area of high and mostly flat land.
Oral history.
What are stories passed down from generation to generation?
Africa's largest desert.
What is the Sahara
Biggest river in the US.
What is the Mississippi?
Griot
What are traditional storytellers?
Sugarcane.
What is a grassy plant that is a natural source of sugar?
Africa's largest desert size.
What is 3,500,000?
The biggest river in the US length
What is 2,565 miles?
Spiritual.
What is a gospel song?
United States area
What is 3,794,085 sq. miles?
The biggest river in Africa.
What is the Nile River?