1	Caravan		_____	route across the Sahara desert. Major trade route that traded for gold and salt, created caravan routes
2	Commodity		_____	the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace
3	desertification		_____	Founder of Islam
4	Savanna		_____	a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
5	scarcity		_____	valuable product
6	trans-Saharan		_____	A group of traders traveling together
7	Berbers		_____	A West African storyteller
8	Djenné		_____	A city that became a center of learning and trade
9	Sahara		_____	longest river in Africa
10	Timbuktu		_____	A fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation
11	Griot		_____	a group of people from northern Africa
12	Africa		_____	he second largest continent
13	Mecca		_____	A huge desert stretching across most of North Africa
14	Muhammad		_____	Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning
15	Nile		_____	Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants
16	Oasis		_____	the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.