West Africa Review (Jocelyn)

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Across
  1. 3. The worlds largest desert
  2. 6. long poems filled with history legends and mythology
  3. 10. How did West African societies pass on their histories from generation to generation?
  4. 11. who was the richest man in west Africa in the 14th century
  5. 12. What resource did they use to dry out food?
  6. 14. The Principal river of West Africa.
Down
  1. 1. A pilgrimage to the city of mecca
  2. 2. What is something that Mali traded FOR that was very important?
  3. 4. Flat or rolling grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs
  4. 5. lines of extended families and clans who can trace their roots to a common ancestor
  5. 7. What religion did Arab traders bring across the Sahara Desert into West African empires?
  6. 8. What conquered Ghana in the year 1240?
  7. 9. priest like elder in an indigenous religion who are thought to have special powers to communicate with the spirit world
  8. 13. Major trade city of Mali?
  9. 15. What are the two primary sources of Ghana, Mali,and Songhai?