Across
- 3. invaded Songhai
- 6. Arab traders from North Africa made their way to West Africa, where they established trading relationships with West African kingdoms and introduced Islam
- 7. a journey to a holy place
- 8. within that same family, including gradparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins
- 10. A group of chiefs or village elders would help to govern a village
- 12. recounts the rise of the empire of Mali
- 15. thought to be Sundiata´s gradson
- 18. kinship system with fathers side of family
- 19. principal river of West Africa
- 24. large freshwater lake five West African nations depend on it for water
- 25. Usually male, elected leaders oversee the village
- 27. Center of trade in Mali
- 29. lines of extended families and clans who can trace their roots to a common ancestor
- 30. biggest kingdom of the three
- 31. Priest like elders in an indigenous religion
- 32. recounts the history of Ghana
Down
- 1. sundiata´s nickname
- 2. a part of the cameroon volcanic line and is the highest volcanic mountain in West and Central Africa
- 4. the 2 primary natural resources of the 3 main kingdoms in West Africa
- 5. 2nd largest of the three lost power in early 1400s
- 9. what Mansa Musa had a lot of and threw at people
- 11. worlds largest desert
- 13. belief in spirits , present in all animals, plants, and trees, help the living
- 14. another center of trade that was not Timbuktu
- 16. handwoven fabric of narrow strips that are sewn together
- 17. a religious pilgrimage to Mecca
- 20. West African storytellers and poets
- 21. may be the most powerful leader of Mali
- 22. kinship system with mothers side of family
- 23. smallest of the three kingdoms and came first
- 26. long stories filled with history, legend, and mythology
- 28. a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular geographical region