NORTHSTAR 2e Reading and Writing, Basic/Low Intermediate

Vocabulary Exercise
Unit 10: Endangered Cultures
Read the clues. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the box.
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O E
3 4 M 5
D A M S U R V I V E
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A D A P T
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I D R U
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E N V I R O N M E N T
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H S C Y I
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R O O T S E Q
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adapt dam destroyed environment holy

mainstream nomadic roots survive unique

ACROSS
3. To make electricity, the government
might build a dam on a river. This
would make a lake across the valley.
5. Some indigenous cultures will
disappear. They will not survive
DOWN
1. Nomadic people travel. They do not
stop to live in one place.
2. Pollution has destroyed many
. rivers.

6. Some indigenous people change so 4. Most of the world’s population lives in a

they can live in the modern world. modern and mainstream culture. Only 5%
Others are not able to adapt to is indigenous.
their new world.

8. The environmentof indigenous people is 7. Indigenous people know they are

changing fast; their land, food, and special and that their way of life is
political situation are all changing. unique in our modern world.

10. Tahiti has its roots in 9. In every culture there are holy
Polynesian and French culture. people who are connected to God and
religion.

NorthStar, Second Edition, Reading/Writing, Basic/Low Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 10

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