7th grade Africa chap 5
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lmuggechs on October 18, 2010
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Middle School Basketball, CHS 7th grade
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 family leader | decided where the members of a family lived and how they earned a living |
| witch doctor | the religious leader of a tribe; wore masks during ceremonies to become the animal or spirit represented on the mask |
| Swahili | a language that is a mixture of Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi, and Bantu |
| fallow | soil or farmland that is dormant or unused for several years |
| interior | the part of Africa that maintained a traditional culture |
| Benin | used bronze plaques to commemorate history and the lives of people who lived there |
| Aksum | an important trading center for the Greeks |
| storyteller/oral history | the most common way for African people to learn about their history |
| poor soil | the reason African farmers had to move frequently |
| animism | the belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects |
| Kush | a kingdom that conqured Egypt in the 8th century BC |
| Lalibela | where Francisco Alvares found a Chrisitian community; churches were built out of solid rock |
| clan | a group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor; they owned and controlled the land in Africa |
| nomads | people who change location to survive |
| family | the most important element of traditional African culture; included aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents |
| gold | traded in West Africa for salt |
| Church of the Redeemer of the World | has a combination of Byzantine, Greek and Roman architecture |
| climate, lifestyle of inhabitants, and materials available | determined what type of dwelling Africans built |
| tribe | two or more clans that live together and share common language, beliefs and customs |
| Mansa Musa | great Mali ruler that made his city into a center for arts and learning |
| demon possession | some African dances were trying to achieve this |
| Frumentius | was a slave in the Empire of Aksum and later became bishop of the Ethiopian church |
| griots | another name for storytellers in western Africa |
| Ethiopia | means "burnt face" in Greek |
| "talking drums" | were used to imitate the language of the user; used for communication between tribes |
| spirits | the primary object of African worship |
| Church of St. George | built inside a hill |
| Ghana, Mali, Songhai | powerful kingdoms located on the trade routes from North Africa to interior Africa |
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