Ancient Africa

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A hard smooth ___ colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (5)
  2. 5. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the ___ in Mali and Niger (7)
  3. 8. A journey to a sacred place (10)
  4. 9. A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia (8)
  5. 12. Shiny yellow metal used in jewelry (4)
  6. 13. Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork (5)
  7. 14. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea (5)

Down

  1. 1. The most widely spoken Bantu languages (7)
  2. 3. An exile who flees for safety (plural) (8)
  3. 4. A family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent (5)
  4. 6. The world's longest river (4)
  5. 7. A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the ___ river (8)
  6. 10. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa (4)
  7. 11. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea (5)