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The world's coldest dersert is the?
Japan's sacred mountain is?
What peninsula includes both North ans South Korea?
What is the name of a place where people fish?
What is the name of a large landmass that is smaller than a continent?
What is a group of island is called an?
What is the name of a collection of rocky material found in shallow, tropical waters?
Off Australia's northeastern coast is the?
What is the world's highest point?
The name of the yellow-gray deposit of wind blown settlements is called?
What is the name of a thick floating platform of ice?
Prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia?
A mountain range in Asia that has Mount Everest?
A plateau which is often called the "Roof of the World"?
A major south-flowing river in South Asia?
The based on the deposits of the Yellow River?
This river is also called the Yellow River.
What river flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh?
The name of a landform that forms from deposition of sediments carried by a river?
A river which its nickname is the Yangtze river.
High, long sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake?
What peninsula is in South East Asia, and between the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea?
What peninsula is in southeastern Asia (in Thailand, western Malaysia, and the island of Singapore)?
The name of the large island North of Australia?
An island in the West Pacific, between the Sulu and Java Seas.
A river whose source is in southwest china, flowing southeast?
A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier.
The largest peninsula of Antarctica?
What are areas with annual precipitation less than 250mm and a mean temperature during the warmest month of less than 10c?
A layer in the earth's stratosphere at an altitude of 6.2 miles.
What is the name of a person, animal that has been in a country from the earliest times?
The name of member of the aboriginal people of New Zealand?
The remote uninhabited inland regions in Australia.
One of the three divines of islands in the Pacific.
One of the three divisions of islands in the pacific (the other two being Micronesia and Polynesia).
Group of islands in the central and southern Pacific Ocean, including the islands of the state of Hawaii.
A reef in the shape of a ring.
An area of land ruled by the state or a person.

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UNIT 5

Crossword

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

How do I create a crossword template?

For the easiest crossword templates, WordMint is the way to go!

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For a quick and easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!

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  • Head to ‘My Puzzles’
  • Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Crossword’
  • Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen clues and answers
  • That’s it! The template builder will create your crossword template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a word document or pdf and print!

How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

Can I print my crossword template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.