World History africa

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Across
  1. 3. grasslands The southern part of Africa where most of the population lives.
  2. 6. Neighbors of the Nok, spread knowledge of Iron
  3. 8. People who have a job to remember history and pass it on to the next generation
  4. 11. Hot, humid areas with lots of rain (only place with gorillas)
  5. 14. Empire that introduced Christianity to Sub-saharan africa
  6. 15. The leader of the Mali empire
  7. 16. Empire built on the same territory as Ghana
  8. 17. Ali Islamic leader of the Songhai empire
  9. 18. These people were the first to learn how to use iron. Their knowledge spread and this began the Iron Age
  10. 20. Musa Wealthiest man in the world. who completed the journey of Hajj
  11. 21. Kingdoms southwest of Yoruba that traded with the Portuguese
  12. 22. Empire that produced lots of gold
  13. 25. Empire that grew where the eastern part of Mali used to be and traded goods on the Niger river.
  14. 26. King who converted to Christianity and made it the official religion of Aksum
  15. 27. The written and spoken language of Aksum
  16. 28. Zimbabwe A kingdom in between the gold trade and the coastal city state trade
Down
  1. 1. A desert in north africa that has an extremely small population.
  2. 2. Each set of age groups have different jobs
  3. 3. City states based on farming due to their rich soil, crops, and leatherworks, they invented a certain blue dye
  4. 4. Dynasty Dynasty ruled by the descendants of King Solomon and Queen of Sheba
  5. 5. Herding sheep, cows, goats across grasslands and following the rain
  6. 7. The descendants of Aksum established a kingdom here
  7. 9. A language that is a mix of Bantu and Islam
  8. 10. Kingdoms south of Songhai that were known for metal sculptures
  9. 12. Grassy area with many animals and nomadic people traveling across it.
  10. 13. City states City states on the East coast of Africa that made trade overseas
  11. 14. Muhammad Songhai’s first muslim ruler, under his rule, Songhai reached its cultural high
  12. 19. Lalibela Zagwe king who built 11 stone Christian churches
  13. 20. _______ reversed the winds blowing towards India and Persia, the traders took advantage of this.
  14. 23. Transitional desert that has some plants and animals, and agriculture is not supported
  15. 24. Enclosure Thick circular wall ruins from the Great Zimbabwe kingdom