Unit 7: Sub Saharan Africa

3. This is the process of fertile land turning to desert due to deforestation and poor farming practices.
5. This word means native.
6. This region of Africa takes up 1/4 of the continent's land and has an extreme climate and very little resources.
9. In West Africa, this person uses folklore and stories to tell the history of his/her culture.
11. No _____ leaders were invited to the Berlin Conference.
13. This person travels to another place to do social or religious work.
15. This is the last name of the man who became South Africa's first black President.
16. _________ farming is growing just enough food for your family to survive.
18. Africa is a _______ not a country.

1. At the ______Conference, 14 European nations met together to divide African land.
2. The African National ________ (ANC) was a group in South Africa which actively fought for black South African rights.
4. By planting the Great Green Wall, the people of the Sahel are _____their environment to reverse desertification and make it more inhabitable.
6. This word means "shore" in Arabic. It is the region directly south of the Sahara and is a mixture of grassland and desert.
7. South Africa's system of laws which discriminated against black South Africans.
8. This is the process of one nation claiming and controlling another nation for its own benefit.
10. The _______ for Africa was a period of time in which European nations competed for control of African land and resources.
12. ________ is a combination of proverbs, tales, songs, and jokes.
14. This person travels from place to place for survival.
17. This region includes the second longest river in Africa and a tropical rainforest climate.