Africa: Lesson 2 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. to change from one system, use, or method to another that is quite different
  2. 8. franca a common language used among people with different native languages
  3. 11. occurring at irregular intervals; occasional
  4. 13. a belief in the right of a nation to be an independent state
  5. 15. to improve or increase
  6. 16. the extent of an activity or influence
  7. 18. small-scale agriculture that provides for the needs of a family or village, but little more
  8. 24. an ancient writing system used in Egypt in which pictures and symbols represent words or sounds
  9. 27. a family that is headed by a male family member
  10. 28. crop a farm crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family
  11. 32. to adapt plants and animals from the wild for human use
  12. 33. the set of systems that affect how well a place or organization operates, such as telephone or transportation systems, within a country
  13. 34. pertaining to traditional religious beliefs in which nature and objects, such as animals and mountains, are thought to have spirits
  14. 35. most important, consequential, or influential
  15. 36. the practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth
Down
  1. 1. a commodity produced and sent from one country to another for purposes of trade
  2. 2. situation in which land is repeatedly farmed so that the soil nutrients are depleted
  3. 3. the disposal of trash and human waste
  4. 4. growing large quantities of crops or livestock in order to sell them for a profit
  5. 5. farming that provides the basic needs of a family with little surplus
  6. 6. an overall plan that establishes goals and determines procedures, decisions, and actions
  7. 7. the disposal of waste products
  8. 9. a member of a wandering pastoral people
  9. 10. traditional oral historians, storytellers, singers, and musicians of West Africa
  10. 12. a large group of people descended from the same ancestor
  11. 14. member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia
  12. 17. a fixed limit or extent that typically follows straight lines
  13. 19. to blend or thoroughly combine
  14. 20. buying and selling on the Internet
  15. 21. about or nearly
  16. 22. native to a place
  17. 23. the migration of people from rural areas to urban areas
  18. 25. a family unit made up of a husband, wife, and children
  19. 26. possible or likely
  20. 27. one associated with another, especially in an action
  21. 29. the center of an activity or region
  22. 30. a large commercial farm growing crops for export
  23. 31. to prevent or forbid by authority