Decolonization crossword: crossword puzzle for Grade 10, page 1 preview

Crossword puzzle · History, Civics & Social Studies

Decolonization crossword · Grade 10

Solve a crossword of up to 13 words about decolonization from short definition clues, with a word bank to help. Builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning.

Grade 10 · ages 15 to 16
Easy
30 to 40 minutes
2 pages
Free

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The crossword clues

Directions: Read each clue and pick the answer from the word bank. Write one letter in each box. Clues for the crossword on the previous page.

Word bank
ALGERIA · APARTHEID · COLONIALISM · INDONESIA · KENYATTA · MANDATE · MANDELA
NONVIOLENCE · PAN-AFRICANISM · PARTITION · PROTECTORATE · SALT MARCH · SUEZ
Across
1 Anti-apartheid leader elected South Africa's president in 1994 (7)
3 Movement for unity among African peoples at home and abroad (3, 10)
7 Territory controlled by a stronger state while keeping its own ruler (12)
9 Gandhi's 1930 walk to the sea in protest against a British tax (4, 5)
10 Island nation that declared independence from the Netherlands in 1945 (9)
11 Territory a League of Nations member was assigned to govern (7)
Down
2 Resisting injustice without using physical force (11)
4 North African country that won independence from France in 1962 (7)
5 Rule of one people's land by a foreign power (11)
6 Kenya's first leader after independence in
7 Division of a territory into separate states, as with India in 1947 (9)
8 South Africa's legal system of racial segregation, 1948 to the early 1990s (9)
9 Canal that Egypt nationalized in 1956, sparking an international crisis (4)

What your child practices

Your child builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning. The skill is “Change, continuity and causation”: describe how and why things changed over time and compare perspectives.

Grades and ages: Grade 10, ages 15 to 16
Time: About 30 to 40 minutes
Subject: History, Civics & Social Studies
Level: Easy for Grade 10
Answer key: Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
Printing: 2 pages, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
Updated: October 15, 2026

How to use it

Read the first across clue together so the format is clear. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is one of the easier sheets for Grade 10, good as a warm-up or a first look at the skill. Its 2 pages split well across two sittings.

An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.

Tip for grown-ups: Use the letter count after each clue and any crossing letters when a clue gets stuck.

Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.