Geography Crossword Puzzle

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