World History W. Africa
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- Gold and salt
- major trade items of the West African kingdoms of Mali, Ghana and Songhai
- Griot
- storyteller and historian
- Sahel
-
Dry strip along desert's edge (Sahara)
"Coastline of the Desert" - Matrilineal
- tracing one's ancestry through the mother
- Patrilineal
- tracing one's ancestry through the father
- Nok
- early culture of West Africa known for making and using iron.
- SAvanna
- broad strip of grassland south of the Sahara. Most people lived there due to water, hunting & farming
- Sundiata
- 1st leader of the Mali kingdom
- Jenne-jeno
- an early city of West Africa
- Delta
- a triangular-shaped land form at the mouth of a river(Niger River Delta)
- Proverb
- a short saying that expresses a well-known truith and often teaches a lesson.
-
Ghana
Mali
Songhai - Three large West African kingdoms. The modern countries are not located in the same place.
- Mansa Musa
- a king of Mali who made a famous Hajj.
- Akan naming traditions
- based on the name of the day of the week on which you were born.