Ancient Africa

South of the Sahara in Africa

• Animism

• Savannah

• Sahel

• Sub-Saharan

Bodies of water, animals, trees, and other cultural objects have spirits

• Rift

• Rainforests

• Animism

• Savannah

Open grassland with scattered trees

• Sahel

• Savannah

• Rainforest

• Desert

Father, mother, children, and other close relatives

• Kinship system

• Extended families

• Matrilineal

• Patrilineal

Strip of land that divides the desert and the wetter areas

• Sahel

• Savannah

• Desert

• Rainforest

Social organization based on family ties

• Matrilineal

• Patrilineal

• Extended Family

• Kinship System

Long, deep valleys formed by the movement of Earth's crust

• Rifts

• Rainforests

• Sahel

• Sahara

Leadership is passed through the mother's family

• Patrilineal

• Extended Family

• Kinship System

• Matrilineal

Moist and densely wooded forests

• Rainforest

• Sahel

• Savannah

• Desert

Leadership is passed through the father's family

• Patrilineal

• Matrilineal

• Extended Family

• Kinship System