West Africa (Parker White)

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Across
  1. 3. invaded Songhai
  2. 6. Arab traders from North Africa made their way to West Africa, where they established trading relationships with West African kingdoms and introduced Islam
  3. 7. a journey to a holy place
  4. 8. within that same family, including gradparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins
  5. 10. A group of chiefs or village elders would help to govern a village
  6. 12. recounts the rise of the empire of Mali
  7. 15. thought to be Sundiata´s gradson
  8. 18. kinship system with fathers side of family
  9. 19. principal river of West Africa
  10. 24. large freshwater lake five West African nations depend on it for water
  11. 25. Usually male, elected leaders oversee the village
  12. 27. Center of trade in Mali
  13. 29. lines of extended families and clans who can trace their roots to a common ancestor
  14. 30. biggest kingdom of the three
  15. 31. Priest like elders in an indigenous religion
  16. 32. recounts the history of Ghana
Down
  1. 1. sundiata´s nickname
  2. 2. a part of the cameroon volcanic line and is the highest volcanic mountain in West and Central Africa
  3. 4. the 2 primary natural resources of the 3 main kingdoms in West Africa
  4. 5. 2nd largest of the three lost power in early 1400s
  5. 9. what Mansa Musa had a lot of and threw at people
  6. 11. worlds largest desert
  7. 13. belief in spirits , present in all animals, plants, and trees, help the living
  8. 14. another center of trade that was not Timbuktu
  9. 16. handwoven fabric of narrow strips that are sewn together
  10. 17. a religious pilgrimage to Mecca
  11. 20. West African storytellers and poets
  12. 21. may be the most powerful leader of Mali
  13. 22. kinship system with mothers side of family
  14. 23. smallest of the three kingdoms and came first
  15. 26. long stories filled with history, legend, and mythology
  16. 28. a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular geographical region