Across
- 1. a body of surface water serving as a route of transport for goods and/or passengers by means of ships
- 5. an annual national holiday marked by religious observances and a traditional meal including turkey in fall
- 9. grassland region of North America, between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River
- 10. the most frequently spoken language in North America
- 12. rocky ocean features made up of millions of coral skeletons
- 14. area of land that receives no more than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year
- 16. the art and science of cultivating marine or freshwater life for food and industry
- 18. an administrative subdivision of a larger state
- 19. a concentration of people with a similar way of life-based on job type, cultural preferences, political views, and lifestyle
Down
- 2. a formal and organized choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
- 3. cold, treeless region in Arctic and Antarctic climates
- 4. public or private road on land
- 6. the smaller upper assembly in the US Congress
- 7. the nation's gross domestic product. That measures everything produced in the United States
- 8. the movement and connections between people, goods and information on the Earth's surface
- 11. the elected head of a republican state
- 13. the lower house of the United States Congress
- 15. chain of mountain ranges
- 17. the amount by which the cost of a country's imports exceeds the value of its exports.