ROLES OF MEN
IN FARMING FAMILIES, MEN CLEARED THE LAND. THEY THEN __________ THE SOIL TO PREPARE IT FOR PLANTING.
PLOWED
IN WEST AFRICA, THE WOMEN OFTEN OPERATED THE GRANARY, THE PLACE WHERE _______ WAS STORED.
FOOD
POWERFUL ________ GOVERNED THE TRADING STATES OF WEST AFRICA.
KINGS
MOST AFRICANS BELIEVED THAT A SUPREME SPIRIT HAD CREATED THE __________.
UNIVERSE
AFRICAN MUSICIANS PLAYED STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, DRUMS, BELLS, AND _________.
HORNS
IN HUNTING AND FOOD-GATHERING FAMILIES, THE MEN TRAINED YOUNG BOYS TO BECOME ___________ AND WARRIORS.
HUNTERS
WOMEN HELD A POSITION OF RESPECT BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MARRIAGE, CHILDREN, AND FAMILY LIFE. TEENAGE GIRLS HAD THEIR ___________ ARRANGED BY THEIR PARENTS.
MARRIAGE
MUCH OF AFRICA DID NOT HAVE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. INSTEAD EACH __________ HANDLED ITS OWN POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
VILLAGE
PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT ANCESTORS AND "SPIRIT HELPERS" PASSED ON THEIR PRAYERS TO THE __________.
SUPREME SPIRIT
PEOPLE ATTENDING FUNERALS, WEDDINGS, AND NAMING CEREMONIES WERE ENTERTAINED BY MUSICIANS AND __________.
DANCERS
MEN TENDED HERDS OF ________ IN SOME PARTS OF AFRICA.
CATTLE
IN SOME PARTS OF AFRICA, A MAN HAD SEVERAL WIVES. EACH WIFE LIVED IN HER OWN HOUSE WITH HER OWN _________
CHILDREN
MOST VILLAGES HAD A COUNCIL OF ELDERS THAT MADE IMPORTANT DECISIONS. COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE RESPECTED BECAUSE OF THEIR ___________ AND EXPERIENCE.
AGE
PEOPLE HELD SPECIAL CEREMONIES AND MADE SACRIFICES IN ORDER TO PLEASE THEIR ____________.
ANCESTORS
MUSICIANS PERFORMED FOR VILLAGERS AS THEY CLEARED LAND AND WORKED ON VARIOUS ________ PROJECTS.
CONSTRUCTION
MEN IN FARM VILLAGES ORGANIZED WORK PARTIES THAT BUILT _______ AND UNDERTOOK OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS
IN FARMING SOCIETIES, WOMEN PLANTED AND ________ THE CROPS
HARVESTED
AGREEMENT
MANY AFRICANS BELIEVED THAT ________ LIVED IN SUCH NATURAL OBJECTS AS SOIL, ROCKS, AND WATER.
SPIRITS
STORIES AND SONGS WERE PASSED ON BY WORK-OF-MOUTH FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. STORYTELLERS TOLD TALES THAT OFTEN ENDED WITH A MORAL ABOUT GOOD
BEHAVIOR
IN MOST AREAS, MEN HAD POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES AND WERE THE OWNER OF _______
PROPERTY
WHEN A FARM PRODUCED MORE FOOD THAN A FAMILY NEEDED, THE WOMEN SOLD THE __________ CROPS AT AREA MARKETS.
SURPLUS
WHEN TWO PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN A LEGAL DISPUTE, EACH EXPLAINED HIS POINT OF VIEW IN COURT. __________ WOULD THEN TRY TO GET THE TWO SIDES TO WORK OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES.
JUDGES
PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT DISEASE, _______ FAILURES, AND OTHER PROBLEMS WERE CAUSED BY AN ANCESTOR OR SPIRIT THAT HAD NOT GIVEN PROPER ATTENTION AND RESPECT.
CROP
SCULPTORS CREATED WORKS OF ART OUT OF CLAY AND ________
BRONZE