Ch.13 L1 Flashcard

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Which geographical feature was a barrier to African trade? Mount Kilimanjaro, Amazon River, Hadrian's Wall, Sahara desert

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Sahara desert

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group of people in which heredity is traced through the father

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patrilineal society

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major export of Ghana

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gold

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people who worked with supernatural forces to communicate with the gods

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diviners

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important members of the “fleets of the desert”

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camels

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community of related extended families

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lineage group

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highly desirable import for Ghana: salt, griots, subsistence farming, stateless society, coral

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salt

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oral historians who preserved traditions and genealogies through stories

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griots

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common practice in early east Africa of growing only enough crops for personal use

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subsistence farming

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group of independent villages organized by clans and led by a local ruler or clan head

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stateless society