Across
- 4. proved to be an invaluable tool for trade and transportation in the Sahara Desert
- 5. trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa that requires travel across the Sahara.
- 7. a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise.
- 8. exported animal skins, precious metals, and exotic African animals for Asian zoos in return for spice and art.
Down
- 1. a global trade system (an interconnected network of many trade routes) based primarily in the Indian Ocean.
- 2. refers to a network of routes used by traders for more than 1,500 years, from when the Han dynasty of China opened trade
- 3. the world's largest hot desert and the third largest desert behind Antarctica and the Arctic
- 4. a person who works hard or campaigns forcefully for a cause.
- 6. the action of buying and selling goods and services.