lesson 1
storytellers
Griots
africa's savannas
are good at raising heard of animals
true or false
powerful africans states such as ghana and mali had strong central goverments
TRUE
a language that means people of the coast
swahili
stories passes down by mouthfrom genreration to generation
oral history
kingdom that owed its power to its location on the red sea
Axum
the berbers adopted camels as a way to travel,as well as a source of......
food
in mali,only the king and his family could wear clothing that was sewn
TRUE
a group of related people descended from the same ancestor
clan
queen who led the fight against arab invaders who attacked her kingdom
dahia al kahina
area of flat land
plateau
what a great warrior king called lion prince ruled mali from 1230,1255
sndiata keita
most african societies believed in many creator gods
FALSE
muslim holt city
makkah
which people migrations helped spread culture across medieval africa
bantu
sailboat used bt Arab traders
Dhow
the african zone produces a surplus of crops
mediterranean
according to the goverment of ghana power was transferred totthe kings son
false
tracing family decent through mothers rather than fathers
matrilieal
education in african villages was carried out by the family and
other villagers
seized control of timbuktu
sunni ali
the great trading center of zimbabwe reaches south of the zimbabwa river to the
indian ocean
songhai leader who built the largest empire in medieval west frica
askia muhammad
families made up of several generations
extended familles
during the 1440 the european slave traade was started in africa by
portugal