A Long Walk to Water Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. the official language of Sudan
  2. 4. A person who flees a place to find safety
  3. 7. a main character in A Long Walk to Water; a young girl who has to travel long distances to get water for herself and her family
  4. 8. Salva’s village
  5. 10. A war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country
  6. 11. the official language of South Sudan
  7. 12. Nya’s tribe, one of the largest ethnic groups in southern Sudan
  8. 13. a word that means under. _____-Saharan Africa describes all of Africa south of the Sahara Desert
  9. 14. the capital of South Sudan
  10. 16. the edible part of any grain ground to powder
  11. 19. the ______ ________ of Sudan were young men who fled civil war. Salva is one of them
  12. 20. one of the largest ethnic groups in southern Sudan. This is the ethnic group Salva belongs to.
Down
  1. 1. the capital of Sudan
  2. 2. the largest hot desert in the world which covers most of north Africa
  3. 5. A group of people who share a common culture, language, and sometimes racial heritage
  4. 6. the main character of A Long Walk to Water, a young man who flees the civil war in Sudan
  5. 9. temporary facilities built to provide immediate protection and assistance to people who have been forced to flee their homes due to war, persecution, or violence
  6. 13. the Sub-Saharan country in which A Long Walk to Water takes place. In 2011, it was divided into two countries
  7. 15. Sudan was a ____ (an area controlled by a distant country) owned by the British until 1956
  8. 17. the official religion of Sudan
  9. 18. A large fruit with a hard skin. The shells can be used as cups or water containers.