| A | B |
| Axum | Trading center and powerful ancient kingdom |
| Adulis | Trading port of the kingdom of Axum |
| Ethiopia | Term the greeks used for the region |
| King Lalibela | Came to power in Ethiopia |
| Swahili | East African culture that emerged about 1000A.D. |
| Great Zimbabwe | Powerful East African medical trade center |
| Nuclear Family | Parents and children living together as a unit |
| Patrilineal | Inheritance is passed through the fathers side |
| Matrilineal | inheritance traced through mother's side |
| Lineage | Group of households who claimed a common ancestor |
| Consensus | General agreement |
| Griots | Professional storytellers |