AFRICA

2. The king of Belgium who brutally controlled the Congo Free State
4. The forced transport of Africans to the Americas.
8. The wealthy ruler of Mali known for his pilgrimage to Mecca.
10. Trade routes crossing the Sahara that exchanged gold, salt, and goods.
12. West African storytellers and historians who preserved oral traditions.
13. A semi-arid region south of the Sahara that served as a transition zone between desert and savanna.
15. A Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler who documented how Islam spread through trade, scholarship, and cultural exchange.
18. The world’s largest hot desert
20. The rapid European colonization of Africa in the late 1800s.

1. An 1884–1885 meeting where European nations divided Africa.
3. An early West African empire that grew wealthy from controlling gold trade.
5. A major West African city known for trade, learning, and Islamic scholarship.
6. A region along East Africa known for trade with Asia and the Middle East.
7. A powerful diamond-mining company founded in South Africa that controlled much of the world’s diamond supply
9. Conflicts in southern Africa between the British and the Dutch-descended people over control of land and resources
11. A grassland biome with scattered trees that supported farming and herding.
14. fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
16. The main religion that spread on the Trans-Saharan Trade Network was _____
17. A powerful West African empire famous for wealth, trade, and learning.
19. A major African river that enabled agriculture and the rise of ancient civilizations