Archaeology
This is a list of features that archaeologists use when discovering ancient places.
Characteristics or Features of Complex Society
The name for someone whose job is to do the writing in society
Scribe
Griot
These three jobs were considered for MVP of ancient Africa.
farmer, ironsmith, king
"If it's not done it's ___________"
homework
These are the names of the four ancient African societies we learned about.
Mapungubwe, Axum, Kilwa, Djenne Djeno
Name three things that writing was used for in ancient Africa.
Examples: Religion, education, business, trade, contracts, poetry, teaching
A short memorable statement that teaches a lesson or gives advice is called this.
Proverbs
The king was in charge of creating and commanding this.
an army
"Put it in the _________"
bin/turn in bin
Finding a coin artifact represents these characteristics of a society.
Economy, special occupation, technology, government
All of the writing was was symbols based. True or False?
False
The role of a griot acts as a living ___________.
book/textbook
Two major crops that benefitted African society thanks to the farmer
African rice and palm oil
"We don't all make it to the _________ __________."
history books
These societies showed evidence of a strong economy.
All of them
Name the three writing systems we learned about.
Ge'ez, Nsibidi, Arabic
Oral traditions are important because they are spoken and passed down through _____________.
generations
This was depicted on the staff which was held by leaders in society
the god of iron and ironmaking (Ogun)
"When you're done you can ______ or ______ ___ ___________."
read, work on homework
These two religions (from Unit 2) come up in the archeaological evidence.
Christianity and Islam
________ is an alphabetic writing system that is used by about a billion people throughout the world today.
Arabic
The name of the storyteller who we watched in the video.
Charlotte Blake Alston
In some cases, the farmer was considered on of the noblest professions. True or false?
True
"Alright, ___________."
folks/people