Across
- 2. Largest desert in the world that dominates the northern third of Africa.
- 4. World longest river, resides in Africa and goes as far as 4,160 miles.
- 6. Dubbed as Lucy's older sister, scientists discovered the skeleton to be way older than Lucy.
- 7. Plains that cover over 5.7k square miles, and home to annual migration of wildebeests.
- 9. Covers about 40% of the continent. Varies in grassland and mountainous areas in open grassy fields.
Down
- 1. Narrow band of dry, flat grasslands that stretch across the continent.
- 3. The idea that spiritual and supernatural forces act through all aspects of nature.
- 5. Important members of society relied for oral tradition telling as they had no system of writing at that time.
- 8. Unlike the Sahara, this desert receives small portions of rainwater each year, and lets scrubby plants grow in it.
- 10. A tiny village in the West African nation of Nigeria that forged iron technology and created finely crafted pieces of pottery.