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19 Cards in this Set
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Two nicknames for Africa and their exact positions
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Cradle of Civilization- Egypt
Birth Place of Humanity- Etheopia |
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Where most slaves came from
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West
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Size of Africa
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Second largest continent in the world
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Author of Roots
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Alex Haley
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Orgin of language and type
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Africa; heiroglyphics
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Theifs of language
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Greece and Romans
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Arature
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Another name for spoken not written literature
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Griot
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People who remembered literature (historians, advisors, teachers, etc.)
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Method used for arature
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Call and response
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Reason for worlds thoughts that Africa had no epic
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Because it was spoken not written
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Year and founder of Lucy
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1974 Don Johanson
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Name of oldest hominid
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Lucy
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Epic
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Long narrative poem about a hero
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Scribies
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Most educated people in country who wrote things down for the king
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Title of African epic
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The lion king
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5 characteristics of an epic
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Hero of noble or supernatural power
Hero must overcome some childhood problem Fate of whole nation at stake Intense action(good vs. evil) Divine intervention(helped by supernatural power) |
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Totem
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Good luck (spirit, symbol, etc)
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Tana
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Bad luck (spirit, symbol, etc)
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5 characterisitcs of African Epic
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Born of noble and supernatural birth
Cant speak or walk Somanguru invades Mali Confronts king, Somanguru's death, war Spur of rooster |
