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Vocab
Climate zones
Important People
Important Places
Culture
100
societies in which descent is traced through the mother, rather than the father
What is matrilineal
100
Broad grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs
What is the savannas
100
This ruler launched an invasion of Kush and conquered it
Who is King Ezana
100
The center of Kush, a major trading state
What is Meroe
100
The Nok culture is the oldest known culture in West Africa to create what
What is sculpture
200
Storytellers who orally passed along African history
Who is a griot
200
This zone covers 40 percent of Africa and is the largest desert on Earth.
What is the Sahara
200
Subsistence farming was one of the key traits for this African people
Who are the Bantu
200
Trading state of the upper Niger River valley
What is Ghana
200
Women were seen as especially important in Africa compared to the rest of the world because of what?
What is matrilineal society
300
a group of independent villages organized by clans and led by a local ruler or clan head
What is a stateless society
300
This climate zone is home to several disease-carrying insects, including the tsetse fly.
What is the rain forest.
300
The official religion of Axum was what?
Which was Christianity, brought by shipwrecked Syrians
300
Mali's famous trading city
What is Timbuktu
300
These spirits were family members who were said to be able to bring good or bad luck on families.
Who are Ancestors
400
People who believed they had the power to foretell events, usually by working with supernatural forces
Who is a diviner
400
This zone only covers 10% of Africa
What is the rain forest
400
The people of Ghana often traded their gold for what particular product?
What is salt?
400
Kush traded in this fragrant tree resin
What is frankincense
400
Mothers were expected to teach their daughters these three things.
What is tend the house, till the field, be a good wife/mother
500
larger communities made up of extended family units (also share a common ancestor)
What is lineage group
500
This climate has mild tempature and mild rainfall
What is the mild climate
500
These people were known for owning the "fleets of the desert"
Who are the berbers
500
This state was founded by Sundiata Keita
What is Mali
500
This group of people believed in the supreme god Nyame
Who are the Ashanti