Mississippi Studies - Chapter 1 Vocabulary Terms

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Across
  1. 3. tenancy renting farmland from another farmer and paying rent in cash or shares of produce
  2. 8. the time in MS from its establishment as an American territory in 1978 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861.
  3. 9. a man-made lake where water is collected and kept in a quantity for use
  4. 11. soil that was deposited by running water
  5. 13. a scientist who studies the origin, history, and composition of Earth’s crust
  6. 17. the water in lakes, ponds, rivers and reservoirs
  7. 18. the imaginary line that goes around the globe halfway between the North and South poles
  8. 20. corn
  9. 21. precise location on the Earth’s surface
  10. 23. a person who farmed another man’s land for a share of the crop
  11. 24. the natural vegetation of a region
  12. 25. a low grade of coal
  13. 26. the area of land that drains into tributaries and eventually larger rivers
  14. 27. the animal life of a particular area
Down
  1. 1. a violent weather pattern that forms in the Atlantic Ocean during the summer and fall with winds 74 mph or higher that extend over several hundred miles and move counter-clockwise around an “eye”
  2. 2. a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river
  3. 4. the distance North or South of the equator
  4. 5. windblown dust that accumulates and forms a ridge of bluffs as it approaches higher elevations
  5. 6. the distance east or west of the prime meridian
  6. 7. the height of the land above sea level
  7. 10. moisture that seeps into the subsurface and accumulates in rock formations called aquifers
  8. 12. the number of days between the last killing frost in the spring and the first killing frost in the fall
  9. 14. a dark, funnel-shaped cloud with swirling winds that can measure over 200 miles an hour
  10. 15. the imaginary line that runs from North Pole to South Pole through Greenwich, England
  11. 16. the commercial production of freshwater animals, like catfish, and aquatic plants
  12. 19. something found in nature that is useful to humans
  13. 22. a vast, long period of time