Question: savannas

Answer: tropical grasslands dotted with small trees and shrubs

Question: plateau

Answer: an area of high and mostly flat land

Question: griots

Answer: traditional storytellers

Question: dhows

Answer: sailboat using wind-catching, triangular sails

Question: How is a savanna different from a plateau?

Answer: A savanna is a tropical grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs while a plateau is an area of high and mostly flat land.

Question: What are the four major geographic zones of Africa?

Answer: Savannas, desert, mediterranean, and rain forest

Question: What role did the cities of Mogadishu and Mombasa play in the economic life of East Africa?

Answer: They were both key trading ports that extended down the East African coast.

Question: What products did West Africans trade?

Answer: They traded animal products, iron products, salt, and gold.

Question: clan

Answer: a group of people descended from the same ancestor

Question: Swahili

Answer: the unique culture of Africa’s East Coast and the language spoken there