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Early West African Societies chapt 5 Vocabulary Builder Section 2

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AnimismThe belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits is called
Extended FamilyAn blank for a typical West Africa family consists of the father, mother, children, and near relatives all living in one household.
Age-SetsIn 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.
IronAround 500 BC, West Africans learned that certain kinds of rock could be heated to yield a hard metal called
NokThe blank were one of the earliest peoples to use iron to make tools and weapons.
BerbersThe blank used thir knowledge of the desert to lead caravans across the Sahara.
RiftsDeep valeys formed by the movement of the earths crust
Sub-Saharan AfricaAfrica south of the Sahara
SahelStrip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas
SavannahOpen grassland with scattered trees
Rain ForestsMoist, densely wooded areas
Extended FamilyIncluded the father, mother, children, and close relatives in one house hold


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