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14 Cards in this Set
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What are dotted with a few trees and thorny bushes?
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savannas
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What are vast forests called?
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tropical rain forests
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What are thick growths of plants found in a tropical rain forest?
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jungle
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What are scientists called who study languages?
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linguists
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What is a family of closely related African languages called?
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Bantu
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What are poems, songs, and stories passed by word of mouth from one generation to another?
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oral traditions
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What describes a society in which people trace their ancestors and inherit property through their mothers rather than through their fathers?
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matrilineal
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Who was a king of Aksum in AD 350 and set up a thriving kingdom?
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King Ezana
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What is the African society that emerged in the late 1100s along the East African coast and combined elements of African, Asian, and Islamic cultures?
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Swahili
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Who were the people that migrated onto the plateau of what is today Zimbabwe?
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Shona
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Who was one of the most powerful Ghanaian rulers in AD 1067 and had 200,000 warriors?
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Tunka Manin
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Who was the great ruler of Mali?
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Mansa Musa
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Who was a rebel leader of Timbuktu and built up the dingdom of Songhai?
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Sonni 'Ali
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Who was Sonni 'Ali's successor that built Songhai into a strong kingdom?
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Mohammed I Askia
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