| A | B |
|---|
| migration | mass movement of people |
| Swahili | a Bantu language with Arabic words, spoken along the East African coast |
| savanna | an area of gently rolling land covered by grasses |
| city-state | a city that is also a separate, independent state |
| clan | a group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor |
| oral history | stories passed down by word of mouth |
| Ghana | first West African kingdom based on the gold and salt trade |
| Sahara | largest desert in Africa |
| gold and salt | two most important products traded in West Africa |
| Benin | one of the most important kingdoms of the West African forests |
