Early Societies of West Africa Vocabulary Quiz

This was a kind of trading highway in early West Africa.

• Niger River
• artifact
• Jenne-jeno
• Nok
• Sahara

A large, hot area that covers about 3.5 million square miles of North Africa.

• Sahara
• artifact
• Jenne-jeno
• Niger River
• Nok

An item left by a people or culture.

• artifact
• Jenne-jeno
• Niger River
• Nok
• Sahara

An ancient West African city built along the Niger River.

• Jenne-jeno
• artifact
• Niger River
• Nok
• Sahara

A zone of semidesert where short grasses, small bushes and some trees grow.

• Sahel
• artifact
• Jenne-jeno
• Niger River
• Nok

A zone of tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season.

• savanna
• artifact
• Jenne-jeno
• Niger River
• Nok

The name given to people living in West Africa in the 500 BCE's who mastered iron working.

• Nok
• artifact
• Jenne-jeno
• Niger River
• Sahara

Payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection.

• tribute
• artifact
• Jenne-jeno
• Niger River
• Nok

The process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals.

• smelting
• artifact
• Jenne-jeno
• Niger River
• Nok