socical studies choice board

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Across
  1. 4. a people who broke away from the empire of Mali and eventually built their own vast empire in West Africa
  2. 6. an account of the line of ancestry within a family
  3. 7. payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection or as a sign of submission
  4. 10. one or a number of simple shapes, such as triangles, squares, or circles
  5. 12. to be sympathetic and accepting of what others believe or do, even if those ideas differ from your own
  6. 15. to examine or think about carefully
  7. 16. a talented poet-musician of the Mande people, who tells stories, sings songs, and recites poems to share history
  8. 17. to change one’s belief on something
  9. 19. a family line traced through the mother
  10. 21. a technique in which shaped pieces of fabric are attached to a background fabric to form a design or picture
  11. 23. the process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals from it
  12. 25. an economic good; something useful or valued
  13. 26. a story that is passed down orally and becomes part of a culture’s tradition
  14. 28. functioning in the best way, with very little or no waste
  15. 29. to say what will happen in the future, based on experience or reason
  16. 30. the process in which a liquid, such as water, turns into a gas
  17. 31. a medieval civilization and empire in West Africa
Down
  1. 1. a large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles
  2. 2. to slowly change over a long period of time
  3. 3. a zone of semidesert, south of the Sahara, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow
  4. 5. an ancient West African city built along the Niger River
  5. 8. to be completely committed to something; loyal
  6. 9. a family line traced through the father
  7. 11. the study of wisdom, knowledge, and the nature of reality
  8. 13. the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times
  9. 14. a vegetation zone of tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season
  10. 18. a West African empire ruled by the Mande that became a major crossroads of the Islamic world
  11. 20. a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose
  12. 22. a series of actions that produce a certain result
  13. 24. a people living in West Africa in the 500s B.C.E. who mastered ironworking
  14. 27. an item left by an earlier culture