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Africa
Ch. 11
17
History
8th Grade
10/18/2009

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migration
Definition
movement from one country or region to settle in another
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Bantu
Definition
large group of central and southern Africans who speak related languages
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savanna
Definition
area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes
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Sahara
Definition
huge desert stretching across most of North Africa
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oral history
Definition
accounts of the past that people pass down by word of mouth
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clan
Definition
group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor
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Mansa Musa
Definition
king of Mali in the 1300's
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Mali
Definition
rich kingdom of the West African savanna; Mansa Musa ruled here
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Ghana
Definition
first West African kingdom based on the gold and salt trade
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Songhai
Definition
after Mali, powerful kingdom of the West African savanna
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Ile Ife
Definition
capital of a kingdom of the West African rain forest (where world began)
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Benin
Definition
a kingdom of the West African rain forest that starts the slave trade
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city-state
Definition
city that is also a separate, independent state
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Swahili
Definition
Bantu language with Arabic words, spoken along the East African coast
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Great Zimbabwe
Definition
powerful Southeast African city and kingdom
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Kilwa
Definition
one of many trading cities on the East African coast; Islamic religion
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Aksum
Definition
an important East African center of trade; Christian religion
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