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| Rifts | long, deep valleys formed by movements of the earth's crust |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | Africa south of the Sahara Desert |
| Sahel | a strip of land in West Africa that divides the desert from wetter areas |
| Savannah | open grassland with scattered trees |
| Rain Forests | dense, wet forests near the equator |
| Extended Family | parents, children, and near relatives who all live in one household |
| Animism | the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees and other natural objects have spirits |
| Silent Barter | a process in which people exchange goods without ever contacting each other directly |
| Tunka Manin | Ghana's king who ruled the empire at the height of its power |
| Sundiata | ruler that led the Mali Empire's rise to power |
| Mansa Musa | Muslim king who ruled the Mali Empire at the height of its power and spread Islam through a large part of Africa |
| Sunni Ali | first leader of Songhai, the last of the great West African empires |
| Askia the Great | Muslim ruler who led Songhai to the height of its power |
| Oral History | a spoken record of past events |
| Griots | West African storytellers responsible for reciting oral history |
| Proverbs | short sayins of wisdom or truth |
| Kente | handwoven, brightly colored cloth made in West Africa |
| Mali | An African trade Kingdom located along the Niger River |
| Songhai | African trade city that replaced Mali |
| Ghana | First African trade city that came to power by controlling Saharan trade routes. |
| Salt and Gold | Ghana became powerful by trading thise two items. |
| a tax | Ghana charged traders what to enter the city? |
| Mansua Musa | he made the islamic world aware of Mali on his pilgrimidge to Mecca. |
| read the Qur'an | Mansa Musa stressed the importance of learning so as to do what? |
| Berber invaion (Almoravids), overgrazing and intrnal rebellion | What three things caused the decline of Ghana? |
| Gold | Ghan kings made it illegal for anyone but them to own what? |
