Social Studies Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. A large expanse of fairly flat dry land, usually with few trees
- 3. An axis is an invisible line about which an object rotates, or spins
- 4. A natural stream of water that flows through land and empties into a body of water such as an ocean or lake
- 5. An area of land, smaller than a continent that is completely surrounded by water
- 8. A book of maps or chart
- 10. A narrow body of water that joins two larger bodies of water
- 13. A narrow strip of land that joins two larger areas of land
- 14. The angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich
- 16. A forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system
- 17. The beginning or place of origin of a stream or river
- 18. An area of land, usually fairly large, that is always wet and is overgrown with various shrubs and trees
Down
- 1. A deep narrow valley with steep sides, often with a stream running through it
- 3. An area of sea with many islands
- 6. The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes
- 7. A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles
- 9. A stream, river, or glacier that joins a larger stream, river, or glacier, or a lake
- 11. all the plants of plant life of a place, taken as whole
- 12. An artificial waterway constructed for use by shipping, for irrigation, or for recreational use
- 15. Either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator
- 19. A relatively flat elevated area with steep sides that is less extensive than a plateau