N.American Physical Geography Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. These were created by an ancient ice age; their names are: Superior, Ontario, Huron, Erie and Michigan
  2. 4. This biome is extremely cold, so no trees can grow. The Inuit live in this biome.
  3. 5. A large area of land with certain plants, animals, and climate, (such as the Tundra and Taiga)
  4. 7. This is type of rainforest in Central America (because it is warmer there it is this type of rainforest)
  5. 9. Whatever is around you where you are
  6. 10. This is the very large type of house cultures in the Taiga or Deciduous Forest biomes lived in (where many families lived in the same house!)
  7. 12. The study of the earth, its people, land, animals, plants, and climate
  8. 14. A lifestyle where people must move in search of food
Down
  1. 2. This is what people must do in order to survive in certain places
  2. 3. This type of house was used by the Great Plains indians, because they were nomadic, and had to move their home.
  3. 6. Rockies, Appalachian, and Sierra are names of these in North America
  4. 8. This type of forest turns colors and drops its leaves every winter
  5. 11. This special feature of American GEography is in the Great Basin, and is noted for its deep carved rock layers
  6. 13. Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio are the major ones of these in the U.S.