West Africa Review( Baylor Cooke)

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Across
  1. 3. 2 primary natural resources of Ghana,Mali, and Songhai
  2. 4. conquered Ghana
  3. 6. West African storytellers and poets who recalled historical events and transmitted history and culture from on generation to the next
  4. 7. a kinship system in which ancestors are traced through the fathers side of the family
  5. 8. flat or rolling grasslands with scatterd trees and shrubs
  6. 10. A major center of trade and education in Mali
  7. 13. long stories filled with history
  8. 14. worship To honor these family members
  9. 17. the history of Ghana
  10. 18. A pilgrimage to the city of Mecca
  11. 19. The most powerful Mali leaders
  12. 20. lines of extended families and clans who can trace there roots to a common ancestor
  13. 21. The first West African kingdom
Down
  1. 1. It recounts the rise of the empire of mali and tells the story of one of malis great leaders, Sundiata
  2. 2. a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular geographical religion
  3. 5. a transition zone between between the dry Sahara and the grasslands of the savanna
  4. 9. took control of the kingdom of Mali
  5. 11. a kinship system in which ancestors are traced through the mother´s side of the family
  6. 12. The worlds largest desert
  7. 15. priest-like elders in an indigenous religion who are thought to have special powers to communicate with the spirit world
  8. 16. a belief in which spirits, present in all animals, plants and trees help the living