Geography Time!
Across
- 2. most cities are located near the ocean, or on these
- 3. Mountains in Russia that are considered to be the divider between Europe and Asia
- 6. area in conflict between Jews and Palestinians
- 9. most popular religion in the Middle East
- 12. most popular religion in India
- 13. longest river in China
- 15. government system where the state controls the economy
- 17. river where much of the Canadian population lives near
- 19. most popular religion in the world
- 20. most populated country in the world
- 22. name of a mountain range that goes through Switzerland
- 24. mostly desert, rural area in Australia
- 26. plains found in South America
- 28. thin strip of water connecting larger bodies of water
- 32. longest river in Africa, important to Egypt
- 34. largest river and rainforest in South America
- 35. peninsula in Europe where Spain and Portugal can be found
- 36. tallest mountain on continent of Africa
- 37. underwater tunnel connecting Britain and France
- 40. used to reclaim land from the sea for Netherlands
- 42. contains the Ganges River, 2nd most populated country in the world
Down
- 1. language spoken in Brazil
- 4. tallest mountain range on the continent of South America
- 5. center of Russia government buildings
- 7. lines that measure how north or south of the equator a location is (affects climate)
- 8. volcano, and important mountain in Japan
- 10. tallest mountains in the world
- 11. map that shows the terrain features
- 14. average weather patterns in an area over a long period of time
- 16. Ocean found north of Russia and north of Canada
- 17. large, hot desert in Northern Africa
- 18. lines that are used to show changes in elevation on a map
- 21. known for colonizing much of the world including India and Australia
- 23. largest River watershed in North America
- 25. a thin strip of land connecting two larger land masses
- 27. Sea found between Europe and Africa
- 29. tells us what symbols on a map mean
- 30. tells us orientation of a map
- 31. map that shows what governments are in charge of certain areas (for example, a map that shows countries
- 33. culture found in Mexico, Central America, and South America
- 38. main line of latitude
- 39. desert found in China and Mongolia
- 41. cold, rural area in Eastern Russia