Vocab 1
An object used during a past period in history.
What is an artifact?
A country ruled by a king or queen.
What is a kingdom?
A semi-dry rolling plain south of the Sahara.
What is the Sahel?
Europe, the United States, China, and India could all fit inside this continent.
What is Africa?
This valuable mineral was used in medicines to treat many illnesses.
What is salt?
A group of travelers journeying together.
What is a caravan?
Place of worship for Muslims.
What is a mosque?
The Sahara experiences large changes in this.
What is temperature?
This is a large region of tall grasses (grasslands in Africa).
What is the Savannah?
Salt was very valuable in Africa at this time and did these 2 things for food.
What are to flavor and preserve food?
Showing deep religious feelings.
What is devout?
A place where stone or other minerals are taken from the earth.
What is a quarry?
This desert in Africa is the largest desert on Earth.
What is the Sahara?
There are lots of these areas of water and vegetation in the Sahara desert.
What are oases?
Ghana’s location was important for its success because it was located in the middle of many of these.
What are trade routes?
A series of rulers who are all from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
A small, deep, narrow valley.
What is a ravine?
This borders Africa on the east.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The Savannah has two seasons.
What are wet and dry?
Salt could be used to replace salt the body lost due to this.
What is sweating in the heat?
A group of countries controlled by a single authority.
What is an empire?
A school where advanced learning is taught.
What is a university?
Three important rivers in Africa.
What are the Nile, Congo, and Niger Rivers?
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
Camels have several qualities that help them survive in the desert. Name 2.
What are:
broad, splayed feet for walking on hot sand
a double row of eyelashes to protect their eyes from blowing sand
store fat in their humps