West and Central Africa Key Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. a semiarid, fairly dry area
  2. 7. change from arable land to desert
  3. 12. formed to promote unity among African states
  4. 13. use music to track heritage and record history
  5. 14. flat grasslands with scattered trees
  6. 15. loss of forest cover
  7. 16. the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
Down
  1. 1. Enslaved Africans brought to work on plantations
  2. 2. small loans to individuals to fund their businesses
  3. 3. disease caused by parasites
  4. 4. political and social movement to unite black Africans
  5. 5. use of power for personal gain
  6. 8. the Africans traded this for Arabs gold
  7. 9. land fit for farming
  8. 10. body of public works, such as roads, bridges, and hospitals
  9. 11. policy by which one country seeks to rule another
  10. 17. policy of creating an empire by taking over other areas