| A | B |
| Animism | The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits is called |
| Extended Family | An blank for a typical West Africa family consists of the father, mother, children, and near relatives all living in one household. |
| Age-Sets | In some areas, people took part in blank, which is a group of men or women who had been born within the same two or three years and formed special bonds. |
| Iron | Around 500 BC, West Africans learned that certain kinds of rock could be heated to yield a hard metal called |
| Nok | The blank were one of the earliest peoples to use iron to make tools and weapons. |
| Berbers | The blank used thir knowledge of the desert to lead caravans across the Sahara. |
| Rifts | Deep valeys formed by the movement of the earths crust |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | Africa south of the Sahara |
| Sahel | Strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas |
| Savannah | Open grassland with scattered trees |
| Rain Forests | Moist, densely wooded areas |
| Extended Family | Included the father, mother, children, and close relatives in one house hold |