The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind (Young Readers Edition): Criss Cross

Answer clues based on the content and vocabulary words from The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind (Young Readers Edition). Look for hints in the Word Bank. Print the puzzle or use on your tablet, phone, or computer.

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Across

  • 3. The organizer of a business venture.
  • 6. The stories of William Kamkwamba's family were passed down from one ___ to the next.
  • 7. A temporary shortage of rainfall.
  • 8. A structure that creates energy through rotating wind sails or blades.
  • 10. The systematic killing of a particular group of people.

Down

  • 1. Someone who is punished or blamed for the actions of others.
  • 2. A severe shortage of food that leads to widespread starvation.
  • 4. A form of charged energy that can be harnessed to power machines and create light and heat.
  • 5. Immaculately clean.
  • 9. Someone who designs and develops a new machine, method, or innovation.

Word Bank

windmill
electricity
generation
inventor
drought
genocide
famine
entrepreneur
pristine
scapegoat