Geography Crossword Puzzle

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