Unit Four Vocab

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Ghana is

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a medieval civilization and empire in West Africa

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Matrilineal

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a family line traced through the mother

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Trans-Saharan trade

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trade between peoples north and south of the Sahara

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Mali is

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a West African empire ruled by the Mande that became a major crossroads of the Islamic world

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Mansa Musa was

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the first West African ruler to practice Islam devoutly.

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Patrilineal is

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a family line traced through the father

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Songhai is

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a people who broke away from the empire of Mali and eventually built their own vast empire in West Africa.

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Textile is

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a woven cloth

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Oral Tradition is

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learning and cultural ideas passed down orally, from one generation to the next

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Folktale is

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a story that is passed down orally and becomes part of a culture’s tradition