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What does matrilineal mean
Why did family groups create villages?
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Why did family groups create villages?
because they were lonely
for defense
to spy on other families
so their children would have options for marriage
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What does matrilineal mean
through the camel owner's family
through the man's family
nothing. Ms. Mackey just made that word up.
through the woman's family
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Which product was MOST important in West African trade across the Sahara?
kola nuts
sand
salt
gold
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As a visual art, dancers often wore what during performances?
baskets
cowrie shell necklaces
kente clothes
masks
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What would you call a verbal artists assigned to keep the oral records of West Africa?
ginger
griot
gypsy
galapogos
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Few societies developed in the Sahara because it was too..
there were too many people already living there
it was just like Kansas and no one wants to live in Kansas
rainy
hot and dry
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West Africans use a specific technique to create a cloth made from weaving called...
gold-inspired inlay
ken and barbie cloth
African cloth
kente cloth
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NOOOOO
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Which animal increased trade across the Sahara desert?
camel
zebra
lion
African wild horse
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Which West African society produced yams, palm oil, and kola nuts?
the savanna
the rainforest
the souther Sahel
the Sahara
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Compared to the West African rainforest the southern Sahel had less
people
rain
religious groups
technology
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Passing down history by singing or telling stories to younger generations is called...
musical history
visual history
written history
oral history
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Which is NOT a type of music greatly influenced by West Africa?
blues
rock/punk
country-western
jazz