Across
- 2. an extremely dry area that supports few plants or animals
- 5. the movement of weathered rock by wind, glaciers, and moving water
- 7. a dry grassland that has warm summers and harsh cold winters
- 11. virtually all maps have some sort of this
- 12. the Soviets promoted this set of beliefs
- 14. what we call the United States
- 15. the Egyptians made these
- 16. the part of Earth where life exists
- 19. to adapt plants and animals from the wild for human use
- 21. rotation of water from ocean to air to ground and back to the ocean
- 27. a group or chain of islands
- 28. the characteristic pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time
- 31. the main river system in the USA
- 33. the event where the Germans killed over 6 million Jews in WWII
- 35. on a map to indicate distance
- 37. where civilizations started
- 38. introduces the concept of democracy
- 39. where the Renaissance started
- 40. name of the mountain range along the west coast of South America
Down
- 1. this type of government divides power between the national and state level
- 3. a type of map that shows boundaries of countries or states
- 4. got control of Germany after WWI and was the main bad guy of WWll
- 6. an area of lush vegetation in a desert created by an underground spring
- 8. this is 0 degrees latitude
- 9. borrower gives up rights to a property due to inability to repay the loan
- 10. this layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
- 13. elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
- 17. flat landscape east of the Rockies
- 18. location identification of one place by referring to another place
- 20. repayment for war damages
- 22. belief in one God
- 23. the series of Holy Wars
- 24. Mexico is the world's leading producer of this mineral
- 25. shows for detail than a globe
- 26. a member of wandering pastoral people
- 29. in Islam a house of worship
- 30. a community lying on the fringes of a metropolitan area
- 32. natural mineral containing chemical compounds often used in fertilizers
- 34. an extremely dry area that supports few plants or animals
- 36. person believed to be a messenger from God