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A huge desert stretching across most of North Africa
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Sahara
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a flat, grassy plain in Africa
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Savannah
20 questions
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A huge desert stretching across most of North Africa
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a flat, grassy plain in Africa
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a strip of dry grasslands on the southern border of the Sahara; separates the dessert from wetter areas
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group of families with a common ancestor; largest family group in Africa
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two or more African clans living together and sharing a common language, beliefs, and customs
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African clan that believed in one god, Ngai; descendants live in modern Kenya
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the belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects
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A Christian kingdom that developed in the highlands of eastern Africa; originally named Aksum until renamed by the Greeks
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a slave in the Empire of Aksum; introduced Coptic Christianity to region; later became bishop of the Ethiopian church
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a Coptic holy city in Ethiopia that contains churches carved in rock below ground level
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early West African trading kingdom; traded gold and salt
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The kingdom in West Africa that followed the Kingdom of Ghana; its wealth is also based on trans-Saharan trade
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a West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the 1400s to 1591
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The most famous ruler of Mali; also converted to Islam.
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Important city in western Africa located on the Niger River
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A unique four-legged animal designed especially for a desert environment; keeps fat stored in its humps for energy and can go 7 days without water; used in Trans-Sahara trade
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Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports
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Trade language built on Bantu language with Arabic loanwords
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an empire that developed out of Great Zimbabwe in southeast Africa; traded with Asia
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a key port through which Zimbabwe's gold was transported north
