Across
- 3. city was the center of trade and scholarly research in Mali
- 7. Usually male, elected leaders helped oversee the village
- 8. a group of chiefs or village elders helped govern a village
- 11. How West African societies pass on their histories from generation to generation
- 13. the first major West African empire
- 15. another term for lineages
- 17. something that Mali traded FOR that was very important
- 18. lines of extended families and clans who can trace through the mothers side of the family
- 22. helped them understand the world there was one great force one all-powerful creator god
- 23. a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca
- 24. The basic, or nuclear, unit of western african village or community often included parents and children
- 25. the primary religion of Songhai
Down
- 1. a kinship system in which the ancestors are traced through the fathers side of the family
- 2. other use for salt in the empire of Ghana
- 4. a people, culture, or religion that is native to a particular geographical region
- 5. a kinship system which ancestors are traced through the mothers side of the family
- 6. long stories filled with history
- 8. helped the great West African civilizations flourish
- 9. the 2 most important natural resources in Ghana
- 10. empire came after the fall of Mali
- 12. brought Islam to West African societies
- 14. Lineages are descended from
- 16. a belief in which spirits present in all animals, plants,and trees all help the living and influence the cycle of nature or the health of family members
- 19. conquered Ghana in the year 1240
- 20. different, or extended generations including grandparents, aunts, uncle, and cousins
- 21. was one of the greatest leaders of the empire of Mali