Across
- 7. an elevated landform that is flat on top, giving it a look like a tabletop
- 8. ditches and man-made canals that bring water from mountain streams to farmlands for crops.
- 11. Term used by Archaeology to refer to people who lived in North America before European Explorers arrived.
- 13. Governments and what rights and duties citizens hold
- 16. Land set aside by the US government for the use of an indigenous tribe.
- 17. they study of places, their locations, and their physical and human features, and how they relate to each other.
- 19. The first of five national parks of Utah created by the Virgin River and home of the Anasazi.
- 20. Very small supply
- 25. the mass movement of people or animals from one location to another
- 26. location the exact location on the globe
- 27. Moving around to follow food
- 30. A federal government agency that controls part of the government’s land. Also known as the BLM (4 Words)
- 32. Geographical regions or landforms, described as high, wide, flat areas that often end with steep cliffs.
- 36. a spear thrower
- 37. Cave used by prehistoric people providing shelter.
- 39. Scientists who learn about the history of the Earth by studying rocks and land formations.
- 40. The general pattern of weather in a place year after year
Down
- 1. Arid land region of Utah that holds the five national parks. (Two Words)
- 2. Ancient ones; one the earliest inhabitant of Utah.
- 3. Largest land region of Utah shaped like a large, flat bowl surrounded by small mountain ranges and no river outlet to the Pacific Ocean. (Two Words)
- 4. Specific authority over one’s own affairs without interaction from an outside force.
- 5. how cultures interacted through the buying or trading of goods and resources.
- 6. Land region covered with grasses and shrubs where most of Utah’s people reside or live.
- 9. Tools, weapons, baskets, clay pots, or other items made by people
- 10. A group living at a particular time or place; their way of living.
- 12. The waring away of the land
- 14. Geographical region or landform described as large, low, flat areas of land surrounded by mountains or high plateaus.
- 15. places on the globe that share something in common
- 18. the study of what has happened in the past
- 21. The study of past people and cultures through ancient sites, object, and other physical remains.
- 22. Major division of time
- 23. Cracks and folds of the earth’s crust resulting from Earthquakes
- 24. Something that can keep coming back or can be used over and over again.
- 28. changes by a species to improve its chances of survival
- 29. Native, or living or found in a place
- 31. Very old
- 33. One the historic native tribes of Utah with lived in the large fertile areas that allowed it to become the largest Indian group in the state.
- 34. the distance north or south of the equator
- 35. How high the land is above sea level.
- 38. Era described as “ancient life”.