Across
- 5. Falling water in the form of rain, snow, or hail
- 8. North, East, South, West (two words)
- 10. How something is spread out, or distributed in a place
- 12. People whose lifestyle is not settled in one place, but moves around from place to place
- 15. diseases that can be transmitted through contaminated water (three words, one w/ a -)
- 16. Farming
- 19. The plants or plant life of a place
- 21. A natural form of oil that is drilled from the ground and used to make other oil-based products
- 23. Northeast, Southest, Northwest, Southwest (two words)
- 24. Few people living in a large area (like the country)
- 26. Shows the boundaries of cities, states, countries, etc. as decided by governments (two words)
- 28. The process of removing salt from seawater to create usable freshwater (two words)
Down
- 1. 0 degrees longitude, divides the world into West and East hemispheres (two words)
- 2. The largest sand desert in the Middle East, located mostly in Saudi Arabia. Its name means "Empty Quarter"
- 3. General weather conditions of a place over a long period of time
- 4. Businesses or factories that make products (two words)
- 6. Shows elevation and landforms such as mountains, valleys, and bodies of water
- 7. They are a nomadic people who live in the Arabian desert and make a living by herding and trading. Their names mean "desert dwellers"
- 9. Lines that measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
- 11. Artificially bringing water to land in order to grow crops
- 13. Lots of people living in a small area (like a city)
- 14. A small fertile area surrounded by desert
- 17. Lines that measure the distance north or south of the Equator
- 18. 0 degrees latitude, divides the world into North and South hemispheres
- 20. The ability to change in order to better fit your environment (two words)
- 22. Land that can be farmed (two words)
- 25. To save by using less of something
- 27. A long period of time with no precipitation