Geography Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Top layer of the rainforest, where the tops of tall trees form a continuous layer of leaves
  2. 5. In Japan most employees are expected to stay with their company until when
  3. 9. China is the number one consumer of this
  4. 12. A process by which glaciers form and spread
  5. 14. The way physical, human, and economic geography impact government policy
  6. 16. During the Soviet era the government actually promoted what set of beliefs
  7. 17. What river means "great river"
  8. 18. This country built the Great Man-Made River
  9. 20. The set of systems that affect how well a place or organization operates, such as telephone or transportation system, within a country
  10. 23. A type of spring that produces sporadic, forceful torrents of heated water and steam
  11. 25. A professional warrior in Japan
  12. 27. Second longest river in Africa and fifth longest river in the world
  13. 28. What was the systematic killing of over 6 million Jews called
  14. 29. A landform composed of hard, ancient rocks
  15. 30. Second biggest population
  16. 31. A ban on trade
  17. 32. A Ukranian town where a nuclear accident occurred in 1986
  18. 35. What do you call repayment for war damages
  19. 38. A large mass of snow and ice that slides down a mountainside
  20. 40. Most governments in the Arabian Peninsula are
  21. 41. What is the world's highest mountain range
Down
  1. 1. A large waterfall
  2. 2. Grazing so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground erodes
  3. 3. What was a good thing abouth the Crusades
  4. 6. What does India have lots of, and they are pure awesome
  5. 7. Who is China's most famous philosopher
  6. 8. This is formed by underwater earthquakes
  7. 10. A portion of land nearly surrounded by water
  8. 11. Native to a place
  9. 13. The system of what led to WWI
  10. 15. A permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground
  11. 19. This is extremely scarce on the Arabian Peninsula
  12. 21. An ancient writing system used in Egypt in which pictures and symbols represent words or sounds
  13. 22. What is the period of cultural rebirth beginning in Italy in the 1300s
  14. 24. These eat bamboo and are super cute
  15. 26. In the Hindu religion what happens after death
  16. 33. What were the series of Holy Wars called
  17. 34. Biggest reason for the numbers of elephants decreasing
  18. 36. Large violent storm that forms over the Pacific Ocean
  19. 37. The raising of livestock
  20. 39. Belief in one God