West Africa Voc L21-24

a woven cloth

• textiles

• terra cotta

• appliqué

• balafon

baked clay used to make pottery, tiles, and sculptures

• terra cotta
• balafon
• appliqué
• textiles

a people who broke away from the empire of Mali and eventually built their own vast empire in West Africa

• Songhai
• Mali
• Ghana
• Jenne-Jeno

the study of wisdom, knowledge, and the nature of reality

• philosophy
• geometry
• algebra
• commodity

a family line traced through the father

• patrilineal
• matrilineal
• griot
• commodity

a family line traced through the mother

• matrilineal
• patrilineal
• griot
• commodity

learning and cultural ideas passed down verbally, from one generation to the next

• oral tradition
• folk tale
• call and response
• griot

Which West African empire ruled by the Mande that became a major crossroads of the Islamic world

• Mali
• Songhai
• Ghana
• Jenne-Jeno

an ancient West African city built along the Niger River

• Jenne-Jeno
• Songhai
• Ghana
• Mali

a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose

• institution
• commodity
• geometric
• philosophy