Across
- 5. to move from one country or region to another with the intent of staying at the place for a long period of time
- 7. a cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year; vast treeless plain where the subsoil is always frozen
- 8. things that distinguish one place from another. These are divided into two groups: physical and human
- 10. large areas of flat lands
- 11. flat or rolling areas of land covered with grasses If located in North America, they are called prairies. In South America they are called pampas.
- 14. area of low land with mountains or hills on either side, often having a river or stream along the bottom
- 18. local weather conditions of an area like temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine, wind and other conditions
- 19. an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth that is the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole
- 21. interest people have about the care of the natural environment
- 25. flow of water that goes to an ocean or lake
- 27. the geographic characteristics that surround and affect the way people live
- 28. a piece of land that has water all around it
- 29. all the plant life found in an area
- 30. a land form that is very high and steep. They are usually are wide at the bottom and rise to a narrow peak or ridge.
- 31. an area with less than ten inches of rain er year and a rocky sandy surface
- 32. skills, methods, tools, machines and other things used of perform activities. Technology changes over time and affects the way we live work, and play.
- 33. high, flat land
- 35. a map that shows location and borders of countries and communities
- 37. ways goods and people move from place to place thereby linking communities
- 39. the number of people living per square mile
Down
- 1. imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure distance north and south of the Equator and distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
- 2. the vast fertile grassy plains of southern South America
- 3. a boundary especially of a country or state
- 4. an area where coniferous and deciduous trees are the most dominant plant. Deciduous trees shed their leaves in the fall. Coniferous trees include trees that have pinecones, such as a for and spruce.
- 6. things that people can use, such as oil, lumber, and water that come from nature
- 9. the physical setting of a place including the land, air,water, plants, and animals
- 12. a body of salt or fresh water that is surrounded by land
- 13. explains how people live in their environment
- 15. a low, watery land formed at the mouth of a river. It is formed from the silt, sand and small rocks that flow downstream in the river and are deposited in the delta
- 16. a map that shows landforms
- 17. the land next to the ocean
- 20. a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides and is attached to a larger land mass
- 22. a broad geographic area
- 23. an arrangement of places where people live, including rural and urban centers
- 24. the different shapes of Earth's surface - mountains, hills, plateaus, plains, valleys, peninsulas, and islands are examples of landforms
- 26. an imaginary line around the center of the Earth that is equal distance from the north and south poles
- 34. to change in order to fit new conditions
- 36. explains the meaning of the symbols on the map
- 38. a dense, either tropical or temperate forest that receives lots of rain year round