Geography
Across
- 4. this type of map shows landforms like mountains and rivers
- 7. the tallest mountain in the world (Mt. _________)
- 9. the study of Earth and its people
- 11. the coldest, driest, and windiest continent
- 14. this continent is known as the birthplace of humanity
- 17. the study of past events
- 18. this ocean seperates the Old World from the New World
- 22. a man-made object dug up from the past
- 23. the Prime Meridian is 0 degrees __________
- 24. this ocean is south of India
- 25. the study of mapmaking
- 26. this type of map shows country borders and city names
- 28. this continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest and the Amazon River
- 29. this ocean surrounds the South Pole
Down
- 1. this continent is the birthplace of democracy
- 2. the skeletal remains of a human or animal
- 3. a 3-D representation of the Earth
- 5. the name given to Australia and the surrounding islands
- 6. 0 degrees latitude
- 8. the world's largest desert
- 10. the largest ocean
- 12. this continent is home to the USA, Mexico, and Canada
- 13. this continent is the largest and has the most people living in it
- 15. the most accurate map projection
- 16. another name for a map's key
- 19. the plates that are constantly shifting under Earth's surface
- 20. the world's longest river
- 21. the supercontinent before it split into the 7 continents we know today
- 27. this ocean surrounds the North Pole