African History Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. This used to be filled with lush rainforests and water but now is the world's hottest and third largest desert?
  2. 3. He helped the British extend its empire by 1,000,000 square miles.
  3. 4. This feeling led Africans to fight for their country's independence.
  4. 8. a political party organized by educated Africans in 1912.
  5. 11. This country colonized areas now known as South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria?
  6. 15. The British went to war with the dutch because the dutch found diamonds in this place.
  7. 16. A movement to make africans proud of their heritage.
  8. 17. The first African president of South Africa.
  9. 18. He helped end apartheid along with Nelson Mandela; they shared the Nobel Peace Prize.
Down
  1. 1. A group of violent protestors from Kenya.
  2. 2. This is the name of the event that occurred when many countries tried to colonize as much of Africa as they could.
  3. 5. Something most African nations gained after World War II.
  4. 6. This country colonized areas now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger, and Guinea?
  5. 7. Dutch immigrants that settled in South Africa in the 1600s.
  6. 8. A policy to separate the races in South Africa.
  7. 9. the white government group that ruled South Africa before Nelson Mandela.
  8. 10. When unarmed Africans protested without their identity passbooks prepared to be arrested, but were shot instead.
  9. 12. What did the Boers want to keep when the British came to colonize South Africa?
  10. 13. The want of more power in the world; this led to the partitioning of Africa.
  11. 14. This country, along with Liberia, were the only 2 independent countries by 1914