Africa Unit

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Across
  1. 3. This enclave territory surrounding a British base was taken by Osei Bonsu and led to conflict and warfare in the 1820s
  2. 4. _____ Empire became the most organized empire in ancient West Africa and became rich because of their control over trade routes
  3. 6. _____ Expansion known as one of the most significant human migrations and cultural transformations in past few thousand years.
  4. 8. Acted as a royal palace for monarchs who used its circular wall as a seat of political power. People censored its original builders due to race.
  5. 10. A majority of people in Swahili were ______ which connected them to other Indian Ocean states
  6. 13. _____ Empire used armed cavalry to extend its empire to reach the African coast through Benin and access European trade.
  7. 14. Large family units with one member assigned to keep and tell stories from family's history.
  8. 15. ________ Commerce through the Sahara connected West African civilizations to North Africa and the Mediterranean
  9. 20. Ruled Songhai in 1464, taking over Timbuktu and capturing land formerly owned by the Mali empire
  10. 21. Led to military power, increased trade among African communities and Europe, and tech advancements in economy for the Bantus
  11. 22. Beat Sumanguru to bring Mali communities together and become a rich empire based on the trade of salt and gold after the Soso people took over trade routes.
  12. 24. Captial of Mali and supplied gold to the Mediterranean and Europe, which revealed sheer scale and sophistication of the empire. Underpinned medieval world's economic system.
  13. 27. Led troops to regain Asante's capital for one day, which led to the people realizing the inferiority of their military and communications.
  14. 28. A way of trading gold for salt where neither side of traders saw each other while trading
  15. 30. Songhai lost power to Morroco, but trade routes were still used until _____ made new routes along the coast to replace overland paths.
Down
  1. 1. West Africa's second-largest empire ever
  2. 2. Western branch of Bantus followed these rivers southward to reach Angola in 500BC
  3. 5. First great African empire of Western Sudan and were wealthy because they controlled gold trade in West Africa.
  4. 7. Started growing when getting involved in the Indian Ocean commerce by exporting gold, ivory, quartz, and sometimes slaves
  5. 9. You needed to pay one ____ to enter Ghana, and two to leave
  6. 11. Swahili civilization had a big distinction between the elite _______ and commoners.
  7. 12. _______ 1st, 1902 is when Asante was declared a British crown colony.
  8. 13. Asante struggled against neighboring states until ______ became king in the 1670s
  9. 16. Asante Empire was active in the slave trade and traded with Britain and the _____
  10. 17. Similar to ancient ______, Swahili cities had independent politics, their own government (King), and were in competition with other cities.
  11. 18. Settled along this river to protect city from raiders
  12. 19. Today, Soninke people are ____ or Christian but they used to believe in a higher power and everything had a spirit, good or evil. Many practiced rituals to keep spirits happy.
  13. 23. Peak was when empire was ____ times the size of England because Mali's economy thrived on exporting gold, salt, and slaves
  14. 25. Tried to change agencies of government to better accommodate the changed state. He could not restore imperial power even after reorganizing the military and increasing resources.
  15. 26. Took famous trip to Mecca and taught Islamic religion while using the army to keep peace. After his death, Mali was too big to control and was attacked by outsiders.
  16. 29. While silent bartering, salt was thought to be worth the same as ____