1. What role did families play in West African society? 2.How did trading develop in West Africa?

3. What is oral history?

4 Please define the following terms in complete sentences.

Kinship

Clan

Labor Specialization

Griot

5. Please summarize the role of trade in West Africa.

Village life in West Africa

Trade and regional commerce

The oral tradition in West Africa

6. What formed the basis for government in many African societies south of the Sahara?

7. How did trade help cities and states develop?

8. What role did oral tradition play in West African societies?

9. How might the West African oral tradition be different from the written tradition?

10. How did West African farmers' ability to grow more food encourage labor specialization?

1. Families were the foundation for all social, economic, and government activity. 2. A profitable trade had developed by which West Africans exported gold, cotton cloth, metal ornaments, and leather goods north across the trans-Saharan trade routes, in exchange for copper, horses, salt, textiles, and beads. 3. the collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events. Kinship - the state or fact of being of kin; family relationship A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Specialization of labor is most often known as the division of labor and refers to a process in business in which large tasks are divided into smaller tasks, and different employees or different groups of employees complete those tasks. Griot - a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.

Explanation:

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