West Africa Vocab

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Grasslands with scattered trees

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Savannah

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Largest desert in the world, covering most of North Africa

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Sahara

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Dry grasslands on the southern Sahara border

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Sahel

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Exchange of goods without direct contact

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Silent barter

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Longest river in West Africa, ancient trading highway

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Niger

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A society where power is shared among many groups.

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Decentralized society

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Loosely united groups of related families

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Tribes

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Belief that natural objects have spirits

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Animism

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Gold and salt trade network linking North and West Africa, expanding Islam in West Africa.

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Trans-Saharan trade routes

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First kingdom in West Africa

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Ghana