California Geography, Regions and Early people

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Across
  1. 1. The shared beliefs, traditions, and ways of life of a group of people
  2. 3. A gap in the mountains that makes crossing easier (two words, no space)
  3. 8. What usually or ordinarily happens
  4. 10. One of a kind; unlike anything else
  5. 11. To prepare land and grow crops on it
  6. 13. A person who calls a particular place home
  7. 14. To make an educated guess based on what you know
  8. 17. A word that describes a group with many different types
  9. 18. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of this
  10. 19. A community's religious leader and healer in many indigenous cultures
  11. 21. A person who hunts animals and collects wild plants for food (two words, no space)
  12. 24. A scientist who digs up objects from the past to learn how people lived
  13. 25. Everything that surrounds a living thing — land, water, air, and climate
Down
  1. 2. The higher you go, the more of this you have above sea level
  2. 4. Relating to beliefs about the sacred, the soul, or a higher power
  3. 5. Not today's weather — the usual weather pattern over many years
  4. 6. To cut off or separate from others
  5. 7. A massive, slow-moving sheet of ancient ice
  6. 9. Originally from a place; the first people to call it home
  7. 12. Water, timber, and minerals are examples of this natural gift
  8. 15. A mountain, valley, or plain is an example of this natural feature
  9. 16. A small settlement where a community of people lives together
  10. 20. What living things do to survive in a new or changing environment
  11. 22. The study of Earth's surface, its features, and the people who live there
  12. 23. A low stretch of land between hills or mountains, often with a river