Unit 1 Vocabulary

To change plants and animals to make them more useful

Egypt's government was headed by a ruler

South of Egypt along the great bend of the middle Nile River was region know to the Egyptians

The Capital of present day Sudan of Kush's civilization

Mali's ruler from 1307 to 1337 the most powerful and riches ruler

Typical of early West African family usually included the father, mother, children, and close relative in one household.

The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits.

A spoken record of past events passed down from generation to generation

Movement out of Central Africa into other parts of the continent is known

CE is an abbreviation of