Cultural Geography Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• monotheism: belief in only one god
• balkan: this peninsula contains the country of greece
• iberian: this peninsula contains the country of spain and portugal
• apennine: this mountain range runs down the center of italy
• shintoism: official religion of japan
• dmz: term for the border between north and south korea
• samurai: warriors that guarded the ancient japanese daimyo's estates
• shogun: ancient japanese warlord that ruled japan
• mao: leader of the chinese communists in 1948
• gandhi: leader that spearheaded the indian independence movement
• reincarnation: the belief that your actions in this life affect your destiny in the next life
• exclave: land separated from the main body of a country it belongs to.
• enclave: a country or portion of a country that is surrounded by another country
• steppes: name for unforested grasslands in central asia
• savannah: a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions.
• chernobyl: site of a nuclear meltdown that contaminated the surrounding land and was caused by sheer incompetence.
• untouchables: the lowest caste of indian society.
• futsal: an indoor version of soccer played in southern europe mostly.
• poaching: illegal killing of animals.
• overfarming: the practice of clearing land or grazing animals to excess
• animism: religious belief that ascribes spiritual powers to animals, plants and other aspects of nature.
• balkanization: the tendency of ethnically and religiously diverse territories to break into smaller, more hostile nations.
• polygamy: the belief that it is acceptable to marry more than one woman.
• himalayas: a mountain range in south asia that contains some of the highest mountains in the world.
• nile: a river known as the lifeblood of egypt