Cowrie Shells Level 3
Across
- 2. Rich African empire where shells were precious
- 4. Animal that carried shells across the desert
- 5. New kind of ship that brought too many shells
- 8. Explorer who paid for canoe rides with shells
- 9. Shallow pool of ocean water inside a ring of coral
- 10. Metal money that did the big jobs
- 11. French sailor who watched women gather shells
- 13. Container that held exactly twelve thousand shells
- 14. Job Ibn Battuta held on the islands
Down
- 1. Person who saw something happen and can tell about it
- 3. Desert the shells crossed to reach Mali
- 5. Sea animal that makes the cowrie shell
- 6. Traveler who saw shell money in the mountains of China
- 7. Small shiny seashell that people used as money
- 12. Tiny islands where most money shells came from