Monsoon Asia Vocabulary Chapters 27-32

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Across
  1. 5. A seasonal wind
  2. 8. Land suitable for growing crops
  3. 10. The number of people or animals the environment of an area can support
  4. 13. The harmful effects of cold, wind, or other extreme weather conditions
  5. 14. A condition in which countries have strong economic ties and depend on each other for resources, technology, trade, and investment
  6. 16. The development of a global, or worldwide, society in which people, money, information, and goods flow fairly freely across national borders
  7. 17. Where people live in a country
  8. 19. The precipitation that occurs when moist air rises up the side of a mountain
  9. 20. The flow of goods and services across national borders, with little or no government control
  10. 21. The annual rate of population growth
  11. 22. A dry area on the downwind side of a mountain
  12. 23. To hire someone outside a company to do work that was once done inside the company
Down
  1. 1. The population of a country divided by its arable land area
  2. 2. The weight of the atmosphere pressing down on any point of the surface of Earth
  3. 3. A condition in which the population of a country does not grow but remains stable
  4. 4. The length of time it takes for a population to double
  5. 6. The use of technology to move, record, and process information
  6. 7. An area that uses the same clock time
  7. 9. A place of great natural or cultural value that has been placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List
  8. 11. The population of a country divided by its total land area
  9. 12. A large company that has operations in more than one country
  10. 15. The ability of one country to produce a good or provide a service at a lower cost or more effectively than another country
  11. 18. The process of adjusting to lower oxygen levels at high elevation
  12. 20. A severe shortage of food that results in widespread hunger