Across
- 4. America's sunbelt
- 7. Religion founded by Muhammad
- 9. Tsar who created St. Petersburg
- 10. The last tsar of Russia
- 13. 23.5 degrees north
- 14. When one plate goes under another
- 16. Canada's government
- 19. Imaginary lines that run N. and S.
- 23. Group of fundamentalists who took control of Afghanistan in 1996
- 24. When 2 plates slide against each other
- 26. Predominant church in Russia
- 27. Large waves caused by earthquakes
- 32. Currents that carry heat from Earth's core to its crust
- 33. World's largest religion
- 35. To describe or chart the earth
- 36. One reason for Arab Spring
- 41. Map makers
- 43. Route through Hindu Kush Mt.
- 44. America's heartland
- 45. America's "rust belt"
Down
- 1. America's most populous region
- 2. Measures size of earth quake
- 3. Determines magnitude of earthquake
- 5. Leader of Iraq at beginning of Iraq War
- 6. Tsar who had St. Peter's Basilica built
- 8. When Earth revolves around the Sun
- 11. Economy run by the laws of supply and demand
- 12. One complete spin of the Earth.
- 15. An economy where the goods & services are controlled by gov't
- 17. Religion founded by Siddartha Guatama
- 18. A government where one person holds the power
- 20. When two plates collide
- 21. Largest desert in the world
- 22. Religion founded by Abraham
- 25. 23.5 degrees south
- 28. Belief in one god
- 29. Government with a king or queen
- 30. 0 degrees longitude
- 31. World's oldest religion
- 34. Afghan responsible for 9/11
- 37. Imaginary lines that run E. and W.
- 38. Soviet leader who ended communism
- 39. Gov't where citizens hold the power
- 40. Current leader of Russia
- 42. Belief in many gods