Africa Unit Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Savanna | A region of grasslands containing scattered trees and vegetation |
| Sahel | A strip of dry grasslands on the southern border of the Sahara; also known as "the shore of the desert" |
| Delta | A triangle-shaped landform of mud and silt deposited at a river's mouth |
| Matrilineal | Relating to the system of tracing descent through the females of a family |
| Patrilineal | Relating to the system of tracing decent through the males of a family |
| Griot | A West African storyteller |
| Diviner | A person who is believed to communicate with the spirit world and to help other people interact with their gods |
| Ancestor Worship | Honor and reverence paid to one's deceased relatives, based on the belief that their spirits live on and can influence the gods in one's favor |
| Kinship | The relationship among family members |
| Ethnolinguistics | To study people through their languages. |
| Migrate | To move from one area or country to another and settle there. |
| Monsoon | A wind system that switches direction seasonally and brings dry and wet seasons, especially the Asiatic monsoon that brings wet and dry seasons to India and Southern Asia |
| City-State | An independent state made up of a city and the territory that it surrounds. |
| Plateau | A raised and relatively flat area of land. |
| Oral Tradition | The legends, myths, and beliefs that a culture passes from generation to generation by word of mouth |
| Malaria | A tropical disease carried by the anopheles mosquito and characterized by chills, fever, and sweating. |
| Currency | Any form of money being used as a medium of exchange |
| Missionary | A person sent to a foreign country to do religious or charitable work |
| Plantation | A large farm where crops are grown. |
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