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Across 2. a nomads prized possesion 4. Water that is not absorbed by soil that runs out into streams and rivers. 5. A mountainous region in southeastern Europe that lies between the Black and Caspian seas. 8. A region that lies to the south of the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, and that comprises the present-day republics of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. 11. An ancient caravan route that linked Xian in central China with the eastern Mediterranean. (2 Words) 14. A fertile black soil rich in humus, found in temperate grasslands such as the Russian steppes and North American prairies 17. a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, lying between Lower Karabakh and Zangezur and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains 18. The army of the former Soviet Union, formed after the revolution of 1917. (2 Words) 19. The terminology that Europe and Asia are one continent 20. A region that includes Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tibet, western China, Afghanistan and parts of Siberia, Iran and Pakistan (2 Words)

Down 1. changing something from state to private ownership or control 3. a railroad system that would eventually link Moscow to the pacific port Vladivostok. (2 Words) 6. the only part of Russia that resides within Asia 7. is the Georgian name for a dinner party 9. the reference to the emperor of Russia. 10. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 12. A range of mountains that separates northern European and west Siberian plains (2 Words) 13. An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government (2 Words) 15. the war of words and empty threats involving the USA and Soviet Union (2 Words) 16. Also called Chechen Republic