Geography
Culture
Trade
Religion
Technology
100
The mountain range in the northwestern corner of Africa.
What is the Atlas Mountains
100
Most basic group of village society.
What is the families
100
This item came from the south and was highly valuable to the people
What is gold.
100
The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees and other natural objects have spirits.
What is Animism
100
Heating certain rocks would result in this product
What is iron
200
The world's largest desert.
What is the Sahara desert
200
A group of people who led the village.
What is the Council of Elders
200
This important trade item came from the north and was brought to the south, and was important for the villager's diet.
What is salt
200
Believed they stayed behind, and offered food to them.
Who are ancestors' spirits.
200
This iron tool allowed farmers to clear landmarks more quickly and easier
What is iron hoe
300
The world's longest river
What is the nile
300
Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and their families make up this group.
What is Extended Families
300
Traded for use in medicines
What is Kola Nuts
300
Built these specially to honor their ancestors' spirits.
What are specially carved statues.
300
A vehicle for transportation
What is a caravan
400
A strip of land that divides the desert from the wet areas.
What is the Sahel
400
Male leaders who came from Extended families.
What are Village Chiefs
400
A camp for traders that became a bustling city and a center of learning and culture
What is Timbuktu
400
A custom that has been followed for a very long time
What is Traditional
400
This tool helped to cut down trees to clear land, allowing West Africans to discover new areas
What is the iron blade
500
The three bodies of water that surround Africa.
What is the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Indian ocean.
500
Men who were born within the same two or three years who form special bonds.
What are age sets.
500
A group of people who used their knowledge of the desert to lead caravans.
Who are the Berbers
500
Besides family, it is a central part of African society.
What is religion
500
These people lived in present-day Nigeria, and were some of the earliest people to use iron tools
Who are the Nok
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