History Unit 9: Ancient Africa Test Review

flat grassland, sometimes with trees, in a tropical or subtropical area

• Savanna

• Plateau

• Griot

an area of high and mostly flat land

• Savanna

• Plateau

• Griot

traditional storyteller

• Savanna

• Plateau

• Griot

group of people descended from the same ancestor

• clan

• Swahili

• Extended family

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

• clan

• Swahili

• Extended family

a family made up of several generations

• clan

• Swahili

• Extended family

tracing descent through mothers rather than fathers

• Matrilineal

• Oral history

• Extended family

stories passed down from generation to generation

• Matrilineal

• Oral history

• Extended family

Most of Africa has a _____________ climate

• temperate

• tundra

• tropical

North and south of African tropical grasslands are a different ecosystem called _____________

• Mountainous

• Aquatic

• Desert