Unit 8 Africa Review

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Across
  1. 2. a process of establishing control over targeted territories for control and natural resources
  2. 5. the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; the Sahara deserts spread exemplify this
  3. 6. production of goods in a small-scale or home setting
  4. 9. the name given to the way in which European countries brought nearly all of the African continent under their control as part of their separate empires
  5. 10. River longest river in the world, begins in Egypt
  6. 11. the practice of growing enough crops to provide for one’s family group
  7. 13. this area is home to many cities/civilizations/villages/settlements because volcanic activity led to fertile soil
Down
  1. 1. Which term refers to the physical and cultural lines that separate one country from another?
  2. 3. the practice of growing surplus crops to sell for profit
  3. 4. the process of ending colonization of a region
  4. 7. Largest lake in Africa, second largest in the world
  5. 8. any of the descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa; nomadic, North African
  6. 12. Which geographic feature separates North Africa from Sub-Saharan Africa