Vocabulary
Dynasty
A family of rulers who rule over a country for a long period of time
How did the universe start?
Drop of milk
Sundiata could not do what until he was 7 years old?
Walk
What is the title of the Egyptian book of the afterlife?
Book of the Dead
Who is Anansi?
A spider
Griot
Member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.
What religion is the Fulani origin from?
Islam
What item helped Sundiata walk?
Iron bar
List the three time periods for the Egyptian kingdoms.
Old, Middle, New Kingdoms
Why is Anasi important to the West African people?
He is important because the stories link the culture to their past.
Legend
A story about extraordinary deeds, based on some existent of fact
Who is the God that Fulani worships in the end?
Gueno
Who was sent to kill Sundiata and with what?
Witches; Spices
Provide a detail about Egyptian religion
Concern about the afterlife
Worship of a sun god
Delight in everyday life
They also believe that anyone who lived a good life and prays properly is allowed to have a glorious afterlife.
What is a bard? What is another word for bard?
A person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like. Examples: Poet, Lyric writer
Papyrus
A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats.
Name 2 items that was created before humans according to the Fulani theory.
Stones, iron, fire, water and air
How did Sundiata kill his brother?
By shooting an arrow.
Name three ancient African civilizations
Rise of Ghana
Spread of Islam
Rise of Mali
Forest Kingdoms Prosper
Atlantic Slave Trade
Ashanti Empire
How does the older brother help the younger brother?
Younger brother was about to die from hunger, but the older brother saved his life by cutting a piece of flesh from his own thigh, cooking it, and giving it to the younger brother.
Rosetta Stone
A black basalt stone with inscriptions in three writing systems: Greek, demotic, and hieroglyphic
Selection began as man->blindness. Name the next 3 before Gueno is chosen.
sleep->worry->death
What is the total amount of years Sundiata was gone before the messengers came to find him to come back and fight?
10 years away-his friend dies, he falls victim to Queen’s hatred-Gone for 7 more years traveling kingdom to kingdom learning the ways of the land.
Total 17 years
Orisha can be defined as....
Any of numerous gods or spirits worshiped by the Yoruba people of southern Nigeria
What does this proverb mean?
If you are in hiding, don’t light a fire.
A fire will draw attention to you and will not help you if you are hiding.