Chapter 9 Flashcards
(24 cards)
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- tropical grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs
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- savannah
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- the land included within a set of boundaries
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- area
2
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- enough to satisfy a need
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- adequate
3
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- an area of high and mostly flat land
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- plateau
4
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- to transfer or carry from one place to another
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- transport
5
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- traditional storytellers
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- griots
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- sailboat using wind-catching, triangular sails
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- dhow
7
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- a group of people descended from the same ancestor
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- clan
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- one of a kind
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- unique
9
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- to keep in the same state
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- maintain
10
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- to promise
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- guarantee
11
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- to accept a new belief
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- convert
12
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- to present with difficulties
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- challenge
13
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- to continue to function or prosper
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- survive
14
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- the unique culture of Africa’s East Coast and the language spoken there
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- Swahili
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- a large group with common values living in an area
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- community
16
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- a family made up of several generations
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- extended family
17
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- tracing family descent through mothers rather than fathers
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- matrilineal
18
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- stories passed down from generation to generation
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- oral history
19
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- interaction with other people
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- contact
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- great in rank or importance
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- major
21
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- a grassy plant that is a natural source of sugar
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- sugarcane
22
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- having characteristics in common
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- similar
23
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- a gospel song
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- spiritual
