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