CH 15 African Civilizations

Sailboat using wind-catching, triangular sails

• Dhow

• Griot

• Swahili

• Savanna

A gospel song

• Matrilineal

• Swahili

• Spiritual

• Clan

A grassy plant that is a natural source of sugar

• Sugarcane

• Savanna

• Plateau

• Griot

An area of high and mostly flat land

• Matrilineal

• Clan

• Savanna

• Plateau

A traditional storyteller

• Swahili

• Oral history

• Griot

• Clan

A group of people descended from the same ancestor

• Extended family

• Clan

• Matrilineal

• Swahili

Stories passed down from generation to generation

• Extended family

• Plateau

• Clan

• Oral history

Tracing descent through mothers rather than fathers

• Extended family

• Matrilineal

• Oral history

• Griot

The unique culture of Africa's East Coast and the language spoken there

• Swahili

• Plateau

• Dhow

• Clan

A family made up of several generations

• Matrilineal

• Clan

• Extended family

• Dhow