Focus on Africa Vocabulary  (each word makes you stronger).

Griots = the ones who keep the oral tradition in African tribes

Oral tradition = passing knowledge on by mouth

Bontany = the study of plants

Linguistics = the study of language

Savanna = the tropical grassland with scattered trees and bushes

Desertification = to turn into a desert

Hominids = human-like creatures on the road to becoming human

Sedentary = staying in one place

Hieroglyphs = sacred writings

Exploitation = using someone, or using a resource, profiting from such behaviour.

Empire = one country contolling other countries as if they belonged to it. (England)

Indentured servants = servants or slaves whose term ends typically after 7 years.

Asiento system = the system of licensing people to capture slaves.

Dysentery = a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and

 usually caused by infection

Small Pox  = a deadly disease that creates spots (pox marks) all over the body.

Take Sustenance = to eat food

Contagious = a disease that you can catch.

Abolition  =  end, abolish

Detrimental  = harmful, dangerous 

Repercussions = negative side-effects

Reverberates = to make vibrations

Coffers = the place where money is kept

Qualms = difficulties

Industrial Revolution = a time when England began to create factories.

Compensation = to pay back for something lost

Monetary  = dealing with money