African History Crossword
Across
- 2. This used to be filled with lush rainforests and water but now is the world's hottest and third largest desert?
- 3. He helped the British extend its empire by 1,000,000 square miles.
- 4. This feeling led Africans to fight for their country's independence.
- 8. a political party organized by educated Africans in 1912.
- 11. This country colonized areas now known as South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria?
- 15. The British went to war with the dutch because the dutch found diamonds in this place.
- 16. A movement to make africans proud of their heritage.
- 17. The first African president of South Africa.
- 18. He helped end apartheid along with Nelson Mandela; they shared the Nobel Peace Prize.
Down
- 1. A group of violent protestors from Kenya.
- 2. This is the name of the event that occurred when many countries tried to colonize as much of Africa as they could.
- 5. Something most African nations gained after World War II.
- 6. This country colonized areas now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger, and Guinea?
- 7. Dutch immigrants that settled in South Africa in the 1600s.
- 8. A policy to separate the races in South Africa.
- 9. the white government group that ruled South Africa before Nelson Mandela.
- 10. When unarmed Africans protested without their identity passbooks prepared to be arrested, but were shot instead.
- 12. What did the Boers want to keep when the British came to colonize South Africa?
- 13. The want of more power in the world; this led to the partitioning of Africa.
- 14. This country, along with Liberia, were the only 2 independent countries by 1914