Ancient Mali Vocabulary

A group of people traveling together

• Griot

• Caravan

• Desert

• Miners

A dry place that gets very little rain

• Empire

• Salt

• Physical Characteristics

• Desert

A group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• Empire

• Griot

• Caravan

• Miners

People who use land to grow crops

• Miners

• Salt

• Farmers

• Human characteristics

A rare and valuable metal that is found in the ground and was used for trade by the people of Mali

• Miners

• Gold

• Salt

• Desert

A storyteller in the oral tradition

• Gold

• Griot

• Empire

• Physical characteristics

How humans adapt or are able to survive the physical characteristics of the area where they live

• Human characteristics

• Physical characteristics

• Desert

• Caravan

People who dig metals and minerals out from the ground

• Farmers

• Griot

• Gold

• Miners

What an area looks like: the landscape, mountains, rivers, forests, plants and climate

• Human characteristics

• Physical characteristics

• Farmers

• Caravan

A mineral that is found in the earth, it is necessary for life and was used for trade by the people of Mali

• Gold

• Desert

• Salt

• Empire