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20 Cards in this Set
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Kinship |
a connection among people by blood, marriage or adoption |
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Clans |
a group of people related by blood or marriage
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Labor Specialization |
the doing of specific types of work by trained or knowledgeable workers
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Griots |
an official storyteller in an African civilization
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Vegetation Zones |
a region that, because of its soil and climate, has distinctive types of plants
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Sahara |
a large desert of northern Africa, stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Nile Valley
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Savannah |
a flat grassland, with few trees, in a tropical region
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Niger River |
river that ran through west Africa and was the key route for trade, communication and transportation
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Ghana |
a region between the Sahara and the forest of southern West Africa, which was home to many ancient cultures, and was the first empire in West Africa
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Mali |
the empire that came in West Africa after Ghana
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Timbuktu |
center of trade and culture and Islamic scholarship in Mali developed by Sundiata
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Songhai |
the empire that came into West africa after Mali
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Gao |
main Songhai city that was captured by Mali but was later powerful enough to get independence from Mali
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Kings |
kings in West Africa who kept complex trading systems running smoothly and were important religious figures
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Almoravids |
a North African Islamic dynasty that tried to forcibly convert neighboring peoples, including those of Morocco, Spain, and Ghana (envied Ghana’s wealth and declared war on Ghana)
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Sundiata |
an ancient ruler of the Malinke(Mali) people, who captured the capital of Ghana and greatly expanded the empire and developed Timbuktu
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Mansa Musa |
an empire of Mali who was devoted to Islam and made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca with a lot of gold
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Berbers |
most of the people who traded salt and other goods across the Sahara and practiced Islam, North African, spoke Arabic, raised camels, and established trade routes to West Africa
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Sunni Ali |
a harsh Songhai ruler who drove out berbers, killed many people, and expanded the empire
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Askia Muhammad |
the ruler of the Songhai empire who expanded the empire, organized the empire, and spread Islam
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