WHI Topic 08: Societies and Empires of Africa

Which of the following is a West African storyteller?

• Sahel

• savanna

• animism

• griot

Which of the following is the African region along the southern border of the Sahara?

• Sahel

• savanna

• animism

• griot

Which of the following is the belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects?

• Sahel

• savanna

• animism

• griot

Which of the following is a flat, grassy plain?

• Sahel

• savanna

• animism

• griot

Which is relating to a social system in which family descent & inheritance are traced through the mother?

• lineage

• patrilineal

• matrilineal

• migration

Which is relating to a social system in which family descent & inheritance are traced through the father?

• lineage

• patrilineal

• matrilineal

• migration

Which of the following is the people who are descended from a common ancestor?

• lineage

• patrilineal

• matrilineal

• migration

Which of the following is the act of moving from one place to settle in another?

• lineage

• patrilineal

• matrilineal

• migration

Which is conditions that draw people to another location or cause people to leave their homelands & migrate to another?

• stateless society

• Swahili

• terraces

• push-pull factors

Which is cultural groups in which authority is shared by lineages of equal power instead of being exercised by a central government?

• stateless society

• Swahili

• terraces

• push-pull factors