Chapter 8 History Test
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 river systems | sub-Sahara, prevented people from trading because of rapids and waterfalls |
| savanna | grassland |
| Tunka Manin | Ghanian ruler who commanded a large army |
| Sahara | largest African desert |
| linguists | scientists who study languages |
| matrilineal | people traced ancestors and inherited property from their mothers |
| Mansa Musa | turned Timbuktu into into a center of learning (Mali) |
| jungle | dense tangles of plants that grow wherever sun reaches through the tall trees to the forest floor |
| griots | experts who tell oral stories and travelled from tribe to tribe telling them |
| Shona | people who migrated onto the plateau of what is now Zimbabwe-controlled Zimbabwe |
| Sonni Ali | captured Timbuktu and built up Songhai |
| rainforest | forest that's constantly wet, hot, humid, and where it rains a lot |
| Mt. Kilimanjaro | tallest mountain in Africa |
| Swahili | combination of African, Asian, and Islamic cultures |
| Songhai | had warships patrolling the Niger River |
| Mohammed I Askia | turned Timbuktu into a commercial center; Sonni Ali's successor |
| King Ezana | brought Christianity to Africa |
| Kush & Aksum | located in what is now Ethiopia |
| Great Rift Valley | formed by tectonic plates |
| Timbuktu | city in Songhai with the first university |
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