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Chapter 3
African civilization
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Social Studies
7th Grade
10/18/2012
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Plateau
 Definition
an area of high flat land
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griot
 Definition
an African storyteller
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dhow
 Definition
sail powered African sailboats
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Sultan
 Definition
African (city) leader
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Swahili
 Definition
"people of the coast"
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clan
 Definition
a group of people descended by the same ancestor
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Extended family
 Definition
families made of several generations
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matrilineal
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tracing descendants by mothers rather than fathers
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oral history
 Definition
stories passed down by word of mouth
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