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Social Studies Cross Word

Author: Emma Villari
Across
Of or relating to the area of Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
A farming method involving the cutting of trees, then burning them to ash-enriched soil for the planting of crops.
A writing symbol often carved into stone that stands for an object or a sound.
A technique for growing crops in an area with limited rain fall.
These people lived near the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. At first they where two different groups of people who built mounds and traded with each other. The name comes from a family named ________. They farmed more than the Adena. One of the _______ mounds might have hundreds of groups. We don't know what happend to the _______.
A large rocky plain in northern Canada that was formed by glaciers during the Ice Age.
A type of clay and straw brick used for building by Native Americans and the Spanish colonists in the Southwest.
This city had a ball court and was a big and beautiful city.
People who built mounds of dirt for religious ceremonies and buried people in them too.
A structure dug 2 to 3 feet into the ground where the ancient Hohokam lived.
A time of great cultural achievement for a civilization.
A town that had become the major center of the Olmec people.
A gift or offering made to a god, usually an animal or a human.
These people lived in the Ohio region. They built houses out of branches and wooden posts.
Down
They perfected dry farming. It helped them when there was little rain fall.
Ancient Anasazi cliff dwelling in what is present-day Colorado.
This was one of the most preserved and most beautiful cities.
A warm, wet forest that receives more than 80 inches of rain per year.
A narrow stretch of water separating Alaska from Siberia.
An exploding star
Middle section of North America
A mountain range in North America that stretches from Alaska into Mexico.
These people live near the Tucson Basin Arizona. They knew how to farm in the desert and they were good at trading.
A pit structure used by the Anasazi for religious ceremonies.
A bridge between two larger pieces of land formed by a small strip of land and is often temporary.
A Spanish word meaning village used to refer to the apartment-style homes of the Native Americans of the Southwest or to the people living in them.
An idea that has not yet been proved.
Corn, a crop first grown in Middle America about 5000 B.C.