Vocabulary #3

Name given to a group of sub-Saharan African peoples whose migrations altered the society of sub-Saharan Africa.

• Bantu Speaking People

• Caravel

• Chivarly

• Divine Right

A small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations.

• Caravel

• Chivarly

• Divine Right

• Feudalism

A knight’s code of honor in medieval Europe.

• Chivalry

• Divine Right

• Feudalism

• Fief

The belief of absolute rulers that their right to govern is granted by God.

• Divine Right

• Feudalism

• Fief

• Griots

A political, economic, and social system based on the relationship between lord and vassal in order to provide protection.

• Feudalism

• Fief

• Griots

• Manorialism

In medieval Europe, a grant of land given in exchange for military or other services.

• Fief

• Griots

• Manorialism

• Medieval

Storytellers of sub-Saharan Africa who carried on oral traditions and histories.

• Griots

• Manorialism

• Medieval

• Serf

The system of self-sufficient estates that arose in medieval Europe

• Manorialism

• Medieval

• Serf

• Vassal

Pertaining to the middle ages of European history

• Medieval

• Serf

• Vassal

• Gold Salt Trade

A peasant who is bound to the land he or she works

• Serf

• Vassal

• Gold Salt Trade

• Mansa Musa