West Africa

What is a rainforest?

• an area of many trees and shrubs

• an area of lush vegetation and year-round rainfall

• an area of desert

Tribute is

• a payment made for protection or as a sign of submission

• a payment made for groceries

• a payment made for home-building

Matrilineal is based on

• a child's family line

• a man's family line

• a woman's family line

A caravan is

• a group of people or animals traveling together on a long journey especially through the desert

• a car that is large and shaped like a van

• giving money or goods to a ruler or country for protection

A pilgrimage is a

• a journey to a holy place

• person who attended the first Thanksgiving

• a group of people or animals traveling on a long journey

A griot is a

• holy journey

• group of people on a long trip through the desert

• storyteller and entertainer in Ancient Africa

To "barter" means to

• buying or selling stories

• buying or selling only good things

• to exchange things for other things instead of for money

To make a "profit" means to

• listen to stories

• to earn or get money by or from something

• buy many goods through a trade network

What is a "site of encounter"?

• a place where people meet and exchange goods, ideas, diseases

• a place of worship for religious people

Patrilineal means

• heritage or ancestry through your father's side

• heritage or ancestry through your mother's side