Across
- 6. a semiarid, fairly dry area
- 7. change from arable land to desert
- 12. formed to promote unity among African states
- 13. use music to track heritage and record history
- 14. flat grasslands with scattered trees
- 15. loss of forest cover
- 16. the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean
Down
- 1. Enslaved Africans brought to work on plantations
- 2. small loans to individuals to fund their businesses
- 3. disease caused by parasites
- 4. political and social movement to unite black Africans
- 5. use of power for personal gain
- 8. the Africans traded this for Arabs gold
- 9. land fit for farming
- 10. body of public works, such as roads, bridges, and hospitals
- 11. policy by which one country seeks to rule another
- 17. policy of creating an empire by taking over other areas