Semester 1 Review

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Across
  1. 1. EXCHANGE : Exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and New World after 1492.
  2. 4. TECTONICS : Movement of Earth's plates that creates mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
  3. 9. : Movement of rock and soil by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
  4. 10. : Landform created where a river drops sediment as it enters another body of water.
  5. 11. SHADOW : Dry area on the leeward side of a mountain where little rain falls because moisture dropped on the windward side.
  6. 12. : Flat, treeless climate region with permanently frozen ground (permafrost).
  7. 13. REGION : Region based on people's ideas or feelings, like "the American Southwest."
  8. 16. ECONOMY : Economic system based on customs, traditions, and family roles, often in rural farming or herding communities.
Down
  1. 2. ECONOMY : Economic system where supply and demand set prices and most businesses are privately owned.
  2. 3. : Breaking rock into smaller pieces by physical or chemical processes.
  3. 5. ECONOMY : Economic system where the government decides what is produced, how, and for whom.
  4. 6. : Computer system that stores, analyzes, and displays geographic data in layers to show patterns.
  5. 7. DIFFUSION : Spread and mixing of cultural traits from one region or group to another.
  6. 8. REGION : Region with clear, official borders, such as a state or country.
  7. 14. NINO : Periodic warming of Pacific Ocean waters that causes severe weather changes around the world.
  8. 15. : Climate region that is always hot with almost daily rainfall.