Africa Vocabulary Words
Across
- 5. excessive grazing of animals that leads to desertification and erosion
- 8. the process through which topsoil is worn away
- 9. growing crops to sell for profit
- 11. growing enough food for your family
- 12. watering crops
- 14. ethnic group found along the east coast of Africa
- 15. a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest
- 16. cutting down all vegetation in an area
- 17. grasslands
Down
- 1. contamination of water sources that is unusable for drinking,cooking,and other activities
- 2. a country without access to a large body of water
- 3. poor farming practices that led to soil exhaustion
- 4. the growth and expansion of cities
- 6. the process through which land becomes a desert
- 7. no rainfall for a long period of time
- 10. the belief that objects,places,and creatures all possess a spirit
- 13. climate with little to no water