Across
- 2. major trade route that linked East Asia to Europe
- 7. country where paper money and the compass were invented
- 8. large desert in north Africa
- 9. civilization located in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, capital was Chichen Itza
- 11. Christian kingdom located in Eastern Africa
- 12. Important trading and learning center within the Songhai Empire
- 13. trade routes across this ocean connected East Asia with East Africa (answer is the name of the ocean)
- 15. kingdoms in Western Africa made their wealth by trading this valuable metal
Down
- 1. ceramic material that came from China and Persia
- 3. civilization located along the Andes Mountains in South America, built Machu Pichu
- 4. southern African kingdom
- 5. Japanese ethno-religion
- 6. king of Mali most remembered for his pilgrimage to Mecca where he spent lots of money
- 10. Tenochitlan was the capital of this empire
- 14. river in West Africa where the kingdom of Mali was located