Vocab Definitions
What is Diaspora?
The movement of people away from an ancestral homeland
How many countries does Africa have?
54 countries
Is Africa a country?
False, it is a continent!
What is Creolization/Creols?
The blending of different African, European, and Indigenous cultures into new cultural traditions.
Desert, semiarid, Savannah grasslands, tropical rain forests, and the Mediterranean zone
Is Africa the only continent in all 4 hemispheres?
True
What are Hominins?
Species regarded as human, directly ancestral to humans, or very closely related to humans
How many ethnic groups exist in Africa?
3,000 different ethnic groups
Is Africa three times larger than the US?
True
What is Chattel Slavery?
The enslaving and owning of human beings and their offspring as property, able to be bought, sold, and forced to work without paying them
Where did people cultivate grain crops?
In the Savannah Grasslands
Is Africa home to 2000 ethnic groups?
False, its home to 3,000 ethnic groups!
What are paleontologists?
People that study fossils
Where did people grow kola trees, yams, and traded gold
Tropical rain forests
Did the proximity of the Black Sea support the emergence of early societies?
False, it was the Red Sea!