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