Social Studies Definitions

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Across
  1. 3. variety of species in an ecosystem
  2. 7. practices followed by people of a particular cultural group
  3. 9. fine particals of soil
  4. 11. an artificial waterway
  5. 12. flat land found in arctic and subarctic regions
  6. 13. hurricanes the bring heavy rain and flooding
  7. 17. the practice of cutting down forests
  8. 19. inactive for long periods of time
  9. 20. an area where a river deposits sediments as it empties into a body of water
Down
  1. 1. a form of government in which one person has absolute power
  2. 2. nomadic tent for living in
  3. 4. a narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses
  4. 5. a piece of land completely surrounded by water
  5. 6. a nonviolent, public refusal to obey unjust laws
  6. 7. a persons way of life
  7. 8. a form of government in which one group of people has absolute power
  8. 10. a tropical grassland
  9. 14. ring shaped reef, islands, or chain of islands
  10. 15. explains the lines, symbols and colors used on a map
  11. 16. complete control of the market
  12. 18. no more living members of a group exist