Across
- 2. a potato-like root from a tropical climbing plant that can be eaten, that are similar to sweet potatoes
- 4. a process in which an individual adopts, acquires and adjusts to a new cultural environment as a result of being placed into a new culture, or when another culture is brought to someone
- 7. the westernmost region of Africa, where slaves were sold and transported
- 8. Native to West Africa, it has been introduced into the West Indies and elsewhere and it has become apart of Jamaica's National Dish
- 9. the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, that is normally submerged and boiled in water to be eaten
- 10. fish, especially cod, that has been preserved in salt, that has become apart of Jamaica's National Dish
- 12. a stringed musical instrument with a long neck and a hollow circular body that was used as a musical instrument by African slaves
- 14. the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies
- 15. a person of mixed white and Black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one Black parent
Down
- 1. the easternmost region of Africa, where slaves were sold and transported
- 3. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland
- 5. a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage
- 6. a thing used to make a rattling sound, that was used by slaves in their music
- 8. the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society
- 11. a type of violin, especially used to play folk music
- 13. a grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language