Regions
A grassy plain with few trees
savannah
major factor in the growth of all 3 empires was
their location
The definition is: a special branch of history in which people study objects from __________
the past
One thing that can affect this is a person's -----
point of view
what is the name of an African story teller?
griot
a forest wit tall trees, warm climate, and lots of rain
rain forest
All 3 empires used their wealth to expand what?
their army
the name of objects from the past that are left for us to find
artifacts
what type of source is written accounts by someone who was there?
primary
a weakness of oral history is sometimes stories get--
exaggerated
region where most people live in Africa
savanna
If you lost control of this...you lost control of the empire
trade routes
One weakness is that artifacts may have broken or missing-------
pieces/parts
when passed along it tends to stay_______
the same
Oral stories emphasize people and important---
events
region south of the gold mines in Africa
rain forest
Location between these two things was important in the rise of empires in Africa
salt and gold mines
artifacts can help us understand what people wore and what _______________
they did
written accounts include more _______ than artifacts
details
as the stories pass through time they may be ------
changed
region where salt mines are found
desert
An empire needed powerful------ to continue success
leaders
they were sometimes hard---------
to find
a weakness for written accounts can also be the person who wrote it's ___ ___ ____
point of view
Which form of historical evidence is it when your grandparents tell you a story about your parents when they were young?