Africa Vocabulary Words

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