Across
- 3. effective, conservative functioning
- 6. a semidesert south of the Sahara
- 8. the journey in reaching a certain goal
- 9. an ancient West African city, located along the Niger river
- 10. trade between North and South Africa
- 12. technology that a past civilization used
- 15. a family line traced through mothers rather than fathers
- 17. a large, hot African desert
Down
- 1. payment given to a leader
- 2. to tell the future based on reason or experience
- 4. the process of a liquid becoming gaseous
- 5. River a river that was used for trading in ancient times
- 7. a West African people who excelled in ironworking
- 11. melting ore to produce iron
- 13. carefully thought about
- 14. an area with a long rainy season and scattered vegetation
- 16. a West African civilization that existed in the medieval times