West Africa Review Erica Riney

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Across
  1. 3. city was the center of trade and scholarly research in Mali
  2. 7. Usually male, elected leaders helped oversee the village
  3. 8. a group of chiefs or village elders helped govern a village
  4. 11. How West African societies pass on their histories from generation to generation
  5. 13. the first major West African empire
  6. 15. another term for lineages
  7. 17. something that Mali traded FOR that was very important
  8. 18. lines of extended families and clans who can trace through the mothers side of the family
  9. 22. helped them understand the world there was one great force one all-powerful creator god
  10. 23. a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca
  11. 24. The basic, or nuclear, unit of western african village or community often included parents and children
  12. 25. the primary religion of Songhai
Down
  1. 1. a kinship system in which the ancestors are traced through the fathers side of the family
  2. 2. other use for salt in the empire of Ghana
  3. 4. a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular geographical region
  4. 5. a kinship system which ancestors are traced through the mothers side of the family
  5. 6. long stories filled with history
  6. 8. helped the great West African civilizations flourish
  7. 9. the 2 most important natural resources in Ghana
  8. 10. empire came after the fall of Mali
  9. 12. brought Islam to West African societies
  10. 14. Lineages are descended from
  11. 16. a belief in which spirits present in all animals, plants,and trees all help the living and influence the cycle of nature or the health of family members
  12. 19. conquered Ghana in the year 1240
  13. 20. different, or extended generations including grandparents, aunts, uncle, and cousins
  14. 21. was one of the greatest leaders of the empire of Mali