West Africa Vocabulary Quiz

the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits

• shaman

• lineage

• Buddhism

• animism

First known kingdom in West Africa; peak power from 800-100 CE; known for its gold and salt trade

• Ghana

• Mali

• Ottoman

• Songhai

West African storytellers who transmitted history and culture from one generation to the next

• hajj

• shaman

• gringotts

• griots

a pilgrimage (religious journey) that a Muslim person makes to the city of Mecca

• pilgrimage

• hajj

• indigenous

• sahel

a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular region

• indigenous

• lineage

• matrilineal

• patrilineal

the second powerful kingdom in West Africa; peak power from 1250-late 1300s CE; known as a center for trade with cities such as Timbuktu and Djenne

• Ghana

• Constantinople

• Mali

• Sonhai

Ruler of Mali from 1312-1333 CE; made a hajj to Mecca giving away gold along the way; he helped Islam grow in Mali

• Mansa Ghana

• Mohammad Musa

• Sundiata

• Mansa Musa

a kinship system in which the ancestors are traced through the mother's side of the family

• lineage

• matrilineal

• patrilineal

• indigenous

a kinship system in which the ancestors are traced through the father's side of the family

• lineage

• matrilineal

• patrilineal

• indigenous

lines of extended families and clans who can trace their roots to a common ancestor

• shaman

• griots

• indigenous

• lineage