West Africa Crossword Puzzle

4. Body of water East of Africa.
7. Built the largest West African Empire, the Songhai Empire.
9. The West African Kingdom that Mansa Musa ruled.
11. The first of the ancient kingdoms of West Africa.
14. Body of water directly South of West Africa.
15. Important center for learning in West Africa that influenced the Growth of Islam.
16. Increased trade between West African and the rest of the world.
18. Heavily depended on for the Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade.
21. A large group of people an animals traveling together.
22. Geographical feature north of West Africa.
24. Trading resource found in the jungles of southern West Africa.

1. The West African Kingdom that took over the Kingdom of Mali.
2. Longest river in Africa.
3. The location that Mansa Musa travelled to on his famous Hajj.
5. Body of water West of Africa.
6. the belief that deceased relatives can interact with the living world.
8. Trading resource found in the desert of northern West Africa.
10. Important West African city that influenced the growth of Islam in West Africa.
12. Provided water, agriculture, and transportation for West Africa. Is the reason for the advancement of Timbuktu and Djenne.
13. what griot would use to share their stories.
17. Religion that spread to West Africa through trade with the Middle East.
19. What West African Kingdoms charged to gain wealth on trade in their kingdom.
20. storyteller and historian of West Africa.
23. The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other objects have spirits.