Africa

1. a large area of flat land with few trees.
3. One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit
6. Any change in which land that used to produce plants gradually turns into a desert
8. Man's best friend
11. An area of land where all water flows into the same lake or river
12. Basin, An area of land that all water flows in a river
15. The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
16. a dry, dusty wind that blows from the Sahara to the Atlantic coast of Africa during the cool months
17. a large break or fissure of land caused by geological movements
19. a forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator.
22. Likes to chase mice
24. Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.

2. Establishing control over foreign lands and people
4. Variety of life within an area
5. Large marsupial
7. A policy based on control of one country by another
9. An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes
10. Very dry area
13. wetlands formed where rivers meet the ocean
14. Flying mammal
18. An area in the desert with a water source
20. Has a trunk
21. an area of high, flat land
23. Conference, Meeting at which Europeans agreed on rules for colonizing Africa
25. Electricity generated by flowing water