Across
- 2. The exchange of diseases, ideas, food crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492
- 7. Refers to people of mixed indigenous and European descent
- 8. Climate zones that occur as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops
- 12. the action or process of forming or depositing sediment
- 14. a widely used method of growing food in which wild or forested land is clear cut and any remaining vegetation burned
Down
- 1. planting young trees or seeds on lands where trees have been cut or destroyed
- 3. biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals
- 4. A city that dominates a country's economy, culture, and government in which population is concentrated; usually the capital
- 5. local form of a language used in a particular place or by a certain group
- 6. a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged
- 9. a business that employs workers in their homes
- 10. Farm product grown to be sold or traded and not used by the farm family
- 11. family ruled by a woman such as a mother, grandmother, or aunt
- 13. A strip of land that connects two larger landmasses, enabling migration of plants and animals to new areas