Crossword - African Kingdoms

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  1. 1. Sections of Mali ruled by appointed governors under Mansa Musa.
  2. 4. What rulers could strengthen using wealth from trade.
  3. 7. Trade network that linked West Africa with North Africa across the desert.
  4. 10. What rulers gained by controlling trade, wealth, armies, and cities.
  5. 11. City that became a major center of Islamic learning and scholarship.
  6. 12. Language created from a blend of Bantu and Arabic influences.
  7. 13. Trade network that connected East Africa with Arabia, India, and other regions.
  8. 15. Ruler who helped establish Mali after defeating Ghana.
  9. 16. Valuable resource that West Africa had in large amounts.
  10. 17. People whose migrations spread farming, ironworking, language, and culture across Africa.
  11. 19. One area Mansa Musa supported through mosques, scholars, and Timbuktu.
  12. 21. Storytellers who preserved history through oral tradition.
  13. 22. West African city that became a major center of learning and Islamic scholarship.
  14. 24. Empire that included much of North Africa by about 750.
  15. 28. Language influence that blended with Bantu languages to help create Swahili.
  16. 29. Leader associated with the rise of the Songhai Empire.
  17. 31. One major reason Bantu-speaking peoples migrated south.
  18. 32. Pilgrimage to Mecca and one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
  19. 33. Group that helped spread Islam into West Africa.
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  1. 2. separated North Africa from much of sub-Saharan Africa.
  2. 3. Spread and blending of ideas, beliefs, languages, and customs between cultures.
  3. 5. Technology that improved farming and gave Bantu-speaking peoples stronger weapons.
  4. 6. West African kingdom that Mali replaced.
  5. 8. What followers of animism believed existed in nature.
  6. 9. Region where Islam was already established before spreading farther south.
  7. 10. A religious journey, such as Mansa Musa’s trip to Mecca.
  8. 14. Religious buildings Mansa Musa supported after returning from Mecca.
  9. 15. Resource West African kingdoms needed and traded gold to obtain.
  10. 18. Belief that spirits exist in natural things such as trees, rivers, and animals.
  11. 20. Important places along trade routes that helped Ghana, Mali, and Songhai grow powerful.
  12. 23. Networks controlled by West African rulers to gain wealth and power.
  13. 25. Empire that replaced Mali and became the largest West African empire.
  14. 26. Religion spread into African societies mainly through trade and contact with Muslim merchants.
  15. 27. Belief in one God, which is a central belief of Islam.
  16. 30. Most sub-Saharan farming villages were organized around this type of clan structure.