Lesson 15 & 16 Vocab Raview

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an ancient West African city built along the Niger River

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Jenne-Jeno

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the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times

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Niger River

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a large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles

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Sahara

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an item left by an earlier culture

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artifact

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a people living in West Africa in the 500s B.C.E. who mastered ironworking

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nok

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the process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals from it

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smelting

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a vegetation zone of tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season

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Savanna

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payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection or as a sign of submission

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tribute

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a zone of semidesert, south of the Sahara, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow

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Sahel

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trade between peoples north and south of the Sahara

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Trans-Saharan Trade