Across
- 3. trade between people north and south of the Sahara
- 7. a people living in West Africa who mastered iron-working
- 8. a vegetation zone with tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season
- 9. an ancient West African city built along the Niger River
- 10. a large hot desert in North Africa
Down
- 1. an item from a earlier culture
- 2. a line tracing through the mother's side
- 4. the process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals
- 5. payment made by a ruler/country to another as a sign of submission
- 6. a medieval civilization and empire in West Africa
- 7. River the longest river in West Africa, and a trading highway
- 10. a zone south of the Sahara where short grasses, small bushes, and few trees grow