TCI Lesson 23 Vocab

to change one’s belief on something

• convert

• devoted

• change

• geometric

to be completely committed to something; loyal

• loyal

• job

• commited

• devoted

one or a number of simple shapes, such as triangles, squares, or circles

• math

• geometric

• Quadralateral

• advanced geometry

a West African empire ruled by the Mande that became a major crossroads of the Islamic world

• West africa

• Ghana

• Mali

• Toledo

the first West African ruler to practice Islam devoutly

• Mali

• A god

• Father

• Mansa Musa

a family line traced through the father

• Line

• Blood

• patrilineal

• Mana Musa

the study of wisdom, knowledge, and the nature of reality

• Songhai

• philosophy

• writings

• a class in school

a people who broke away from the empire of Mali and eventually built their own vast empire in West Africa

• Song

• Native Africans

• Songhai

• Ghana

a woven cloth

• textiles

• hobbie

• weaving

• sewing

to be sympathetic and accepting of what others believe or do, even if those ideas differ from your own

• kind

• tolerance

• patience

• different