Asia Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. a type of tourism in which people visit an area to enjoy its natural wonders
  2. 3. a fine-grained, fertile soil deposited by the wind
  3. 7. occurs when the value of a country's exports is higher than the value of its imports
  4. 9. water that fell as rain thousands of years ago and is now trapped deep below ground
  5. 10. occurs when the value of a country's imports is higher than the value of its exports
  6. 11. an area consisting of islands
  7. 13. animal life
  8. 14. large round tent made of animal skins; used as a home in Central Asia
Down
  1. 2. seasonal wind patterns that bring heavy rains for several months of the year
  2. 4. fertile area that rises in a desert wherever water is regularly available
  3. 5. a dry riverbed in a desert that fills with water when rains fall
  4. 6. an area built up by rich, fertile soil left by river floods
  5. 8. layer of permanently frozen ground beneath the surface soil and rocks
  6. 12. type of farming in which only enough food is grown to feed one's family
  7. 13. plant life