CNN Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A long time ago. _____ ___ ____ ____ only drivers had to wear seat belts in cars. (4 words)
  2. 5. The name for everything that lives in the sea. There's still so much we don't know about _____ _____. (2 words)
  3. 6. Rural areas. The _______ is beautiful.
  4. 7. To have power or influence over others. Oda Nobunaga wanted to _______ all of Japan.
  5. 8. Applied to your body to protect you from ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Make sure you wear _____ in the summer.
  6. 11. To make a request. Remember to ______ the concert tickets before they sell out.
  7. 13. Vehicles that control themselves. The car manufacturer Tesla is famous for trying to develop _______ cars. (2 words, - hyphen included)
  8. 14. Most recent. The ______ weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.
  9. 15. The process of production and distribution of products. COVID-19 has severely disrupted the _____ ______ of semiconductors. (2 words)
  10. 17. To limit or control. The government encourages vaccinations to _____ COVID-19 infections.
  11. 18. To have a lack of something. There's a _______ of affordable housing in my country.
Down
  1. 1. Someone who studies history by excavating (digging up) human remains and artifacts. The archaeologist reconstructed the broken ancient vase from its fragments.
  2. 3. To make something smaller. Politicians are trying to ________ the scandal.
  3. 4. The middle part. We are in the _____ of a pandemic.
  4. 6. When an issue is contentious and highly debated. The U.S. Supreme Court decision is very ________.
  5. 9. To increase over a larger area. The virus quickly ______ across the world.
  6. 10. The annual date that a previous event took place on. Next week is my grandparents 50th wedding _________.
  7. 12. Incredibly famous. Tezuka Osamu was a _________ manga artist.
  8. 16. To ban something. The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. Supreme Court now allows states to ______ abortions.