Ancient Africa

an African oral storyteller

• Griot
• botanist

• linguist

an area with tall grasses and few trees

• savanna

• oasis

• rainforest

A scientist who studies plants

• botanist
• geologist
• zoologist
• astronomer

stories about the past that are spoken instead of written down

• Oral history
• Spoken tradition
• Verbal history
• Narrative folklore

a fertile area in the desert with water

• oasis
• arid field
• sand garden
• desert garden

a tropical forest filled with huge trees and vines and large variety of wildlife

Annual rainfall of 100 inches or more

• Temperate Grassland
• Oasus

• Savanna

• Rainforest

a lowland area that receives little rain. formed when wind blows water vapor high into nearby mountains

• Rainfall paradise
• Sunshine valley
• Dry oasis
• Rain shadow

a scholar who studies languages

• linguist
• archaeologist
• philosopher
• botanist

One way geographers organize Africa for studying

• by names of countries

• by regions

• by animal type

Peninsula on the eastern coast of Africa