West African Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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• ashanti : a pre-colonial west african state that was located in what is now southern ghana. this empire cultivated a high level of military prowess, wealth, distinctive architecture, and sophisticated culture.
• stability : the state of being firmly fixed or not likely to change.
• independence : freedom from the control and influence of others.
• rig : to fix the results of an election.
• imperialism : the state policy and practice of acquiring territory and gaining political and economic control of these areas.
• infrastructure : the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
• inflation : an increase in the price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
• drought : a period of below-average precipitation or rainfall in a given region, resulting in prolonged shortages in the water supply.
• songhai : an empire that dominated the western sahel in the 15th and 16th century. at its peak, it was one of the largest states in african history, absorbing large areas of the mali empire and attaining great wealth and power.
• ghana : a country of western africa situated on the coast of the gulf of guinea on the atlantic ocean.
• mali : a landlocked, arid west african country, one of largest on the continent. it is home to the city of timbuktu.
• famine : a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies.
• igbo : an ethnic group native to the present-day south-central and southeastern nigeria. these people work mostly as craftsmen, farmers and traders.
• nigeria : a country in western africa situated on the coast of the gulf of guinea on the atlantic ocean. it is bordered by benin, cameroon, chad, and niger.