North & West Africa Vocab

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Means "desert" and is an important geographic feature in North Africa

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Sahara

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Tropical grasslands left after climate change drained the seas

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Savanna

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Trade in Africa began with the _______, they were native to the region.

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Berbers

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Trade in North Africa through the Sahara desert

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trans-Saharan trade

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Independent merchants found saftey in traveling in a group called a camel ________.

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Caravan

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Cities like _________ and Djenne became famous for art, literature, and science.

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Timbuktu

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The group of people that settled in what is now Nigeria.

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Nok

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Fire baked clay used to create unusual sculptures of humans.

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Terra Cotta

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An important period where the use of sophisticated iron tools began and spread.

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The Iron Age

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Kingdom formed after people banded successful villages together.

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Ghana Empire