7th Grade Africa

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Across
  1. 2. Koran is their holy book
  2. 3. river in the world
  3. 7. destruction or removal of topsoil following by inability to grow crops
  4. 8. Mountains in northwest Africa
  5. 9. esert that covers Northern Africa
  6. 11. White president who helped Nelson Mandela end Apartheid
  7. 12. Desrt that covers Northern Africa
  8. 14. Kept the races strictly seperate
  9. 18. Country where most people live along the Nile River
  10. 19. Went to prison for many years, worked to end Apartheid
Down
  1. 1. Major problem in Africa where many people don't have enough food
  2. 4. Very economically rich and modern country
  3. 5. World's longest freshwater lake
  4. 6. This infection left millions of African children orphaned
  5. 7. Happens when too many trees are cut down
  6. 10. African country that had a long civil war
  7. 12. Not a desert but very dry region
  8. 13. Grass covered land, home to many animals
  9. 15. Period of little or no rainfall
  10. 16. African country where boys get a better education than girls
  11. 17. Lack of this is one of Africa's main environmental problems