| A | B |
|---|
| savanna | a region near the equator with tropical grasslands and scattered trees that had a wet season and a dry season |
| lineage | kinship groups that trace thier line of origin to a common ancestor |
| scarce | in short supply |
| Sahara | the world's largest desert |
| rain forest | region in Africa that lies along the coast and the along the southern region |
| Oba | African word for ruler or king |
| Benin | a kingdom that arose in the late 1200s, that got its wealth from trading its goods such as palm oil, ivory,and beautiful woods. |
| Songhai | one of the largest empires in the world that lasted from 1492-1586. |
| land | this is what Europeans based their wealth on how much of this they controlled. |
| people | Africans based their wealth on how many of these they controlled |
| slaves | These people could have been war captives, orphans, criminals, and other people rejected by their society. |
