Africa part 2 Review

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Across
  1. 2. A _____ is a group of related families all sharing an ancestor.
  2. 5. Muslims believe that Muhammad began preaching after he received messages from God delivered to him by the angel _______.
  3. 7. Africa's oral tradition included storytelling and proverbs, and the main people who did this were called _______.
  4. 8. The Songhai Empire accomplished a lot. It had a strong military, a good government, and it grew to be the _______ of the West Africa empires.
  5. 10. Two of our three West African empires had _______ who did things to try to spread Islam.
  6. 14. Africa is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean...but not the _______ Ocean.
  7. 17. The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was ___________.
  8. 18. What part of Europe had Arab Muslims conquered by AD 800?
  9. 19. Why was learning Arabic important for Songhai? Because it helped the people of Songhai deal with the Arabic _______.
  10. 22. In the West African empires people would trade the ______ of their specialized trade for what they needed. (For example, if a clan raised cattle, they would then trade the cattle at market to get other goods.)
  11. 23. Both the Great Lakes region of Africa and the Horn of Africa region have some _______.
Down
  1. 1. Islam spread both ________ ___ ________ (three words) of the Arab Islam empire.
  2. 3. Many parts of West Africa's culture have carried over into today, including storytelling, musical instruments, and ______.
  3. 4. The biggest reason that Sunni Ali wanted to capture Djenne was because of its successful trans-Saharan trade _______.
  4. 6. In West African societies a person's clan and caste were determined by _____.
  5. 9. What caused the Songhai empire to end? _______invaded with guns.
  6. 10. The strong influence of Latin over the English language is demonstrated by the fact that 2/3 of English words have Latin _____.
  7. 11. According to the Five Pillars of Islam, Muslims must fast during the month of _______.
  8. 12. In traditional African religions people honored their _______.
  9. 13. The _______ climate zone is located just north and just south of rainforests.
  10. 15. The Great Lakes region of Africa has more ______ than the Horn of Africa region.
  11. 16. The raised but flat region in the interior of Africa is a _______.
  12. 20. The Sahara is the world's largest ______.
  13. 21. The most important characteristic of Songhai that helped Islam spread was that its laws were based on the _______.