World Cultures Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. seasonal winds that bring intense rainfall during part of the year.
  2. 7. Citizens elect representatives to govern them
  3. 12. Considered the driest region in the world
  4. 15. area of Japan where frequent earthquakes & volcanic eruptions occur
  5. 16. the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia
  6. 17. a system in which people make, sell and buy
  7. 18. the term by which west, midwest, southwest, southeast, and northeast are classified
Down
  1. 1. The process of an area changing from rural (farmland) to urban (city)
  2. 2. permanently frozen ground
  3. 3. the tallest mountain in the world
  4. 4. leader in manufacturing ships, automobiles, and electronics
  5. 6. river the longest river in the world
  6. 7. Gradual transition from fertile to less productive land
  7. 8. The largest rainforest in the world
  8. 9. World's largest exporter of rice and natural rubber
  9. 10. country northwest of India
  10. 11. manmade water route
  11. 13. capital city of Russia
  12. 14. Chain of Islands
  13. 17. the place where the 1st Industrial revolution began