| A | B |
|---|
| Efe | hunting-gathering society living in Democratic Republic of Congo |
| hunting-gathering society | oldest form of social organization; began in Africa |
| lineage | members believe that they descendants of a common ancestor; includes past an future generations |
| stateless societies | societies that did not have a centralized system of power |
| patrilineal society | traces ancestors through the father; son inherits from father |
| matrilineal society | traces ancestors through the mother; son inherits from mother's family |
| Maghrib | North Africa; Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya |
| Islamic law | regulates almost all areas of human life; helped bring order to Muslim states |
| Almoravid | Berber Muslims reformers who spread Islam and founded an empire |
| Almohads | Berber Muslims, united the Maghrib; strictly obey Islamic teaching |
| Berbers | original inhabitants of North africa |
| an effect of Islam in North Africa | the effort to spread Islam united the Maghrib under one rule |
