Africa Review

Key physical feature of Africa

• Desert

• Lakes

• Plains

• Plateaus

Key trade route of West Africa

• Golden Web

• Sub-Saharan Trade

• Silk Road

Tracing lineage through the mother

• Matrilineal

• Patrilineal

• Heritage

History Teachers of Africa

• Teachers

• tribe leaders

• Griots

History was taught

• Written

• Verbally/Orally

• Pairings

• Painting

Griots told stories by

• Proverbs/ Spirituals

• Chants

• Dances

Kinship

• Sense of tribe togetherness

• Sense of Family togetherness

• Sense of community togetherness

Clans could include

• family ONLY

• Family and friends

• family, extended family, and tribe members

Animism is

• belief that all things in nature have a spirit

• belief that only humans have a spirit

• belief that everything has a spirit

Ancestor worship

• Worshiping/ Honoring the natural things in life

• Worshiping / Honoring your ancestors

• Worshiping/ Honoring the dead kings