Across
- 1. a plant with spines instead of leaves that grows in hot, dry places
- 5. people who travel to new and unfamiliar places in order to learn what those places are like
- 7. the U.S. is divided into 50 of these
- 11. a large area of flat land with few trees
- 13. a area defined by one or more natural or cultural characteristics
- 15. the main part of a word
- 16. story of a person's life written by another person
- 20. to backup with details or evidence
- 22. a deep, narrow valley with steep sides
- 23. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- 24. an extremely dry area with little water and few plants
- 25. the beginning of a word
Down
- 2. a group of people who settle in a new country
- 3. word ending
- 4. people who have left the country of their birth to live in another country
- 6. a flat or platform rigged with wheels
- 8. to stay alive
- 9. to look around and find out about a new place
- 10. a group of people or things having something in common
- 12. a way of life
- 14. a person who makes a journey for religious reasons
- 17. people who are the first to settle in a region
- 18. sleeping
- 19. a conclusion based on evidence
- 21. things made in a certain area of the country
