history vocab

Across

1. intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over tropical oceans
4. importance
8. a form of government in which the state is ruled by a monarch
10. amount of goods and services produced given the amount of resources used
11. movement of people from rural to urban areas
15. north, east, south, and west
17. the process of a society becoming more democratic
18. desire for a particular good or service
23. useful material found in the environment
24. country with a strong economy and a high quality of life
25. coming from outside a country
28. a group of people living in similar economic conditions
30. period during which hours of daylight are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other hemisphere
32. the study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture
34. information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event
35. basic value
36. country with a less-productive economy and a lower quality of life
38. the scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence
41. the level of comfort enjoyed by a person or a society
42. group of plants and animals that depend on each other and their environment for survival
43. an object made by a human being, such as a tool or a weapon
44. the beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular nation or group of people
45. average weather of a place over many years
46. the position in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian
48. activities having to do with one’s society and community
50. a system of basic rules and principles by which a government is organized
52. amount of a good or service that is available for use
54. study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth
56. a government in which all power is held by a single person or a small group
59. cause of migration that pulls, or attracts, people to new countries
61. molten rock found under Earth’s surface
63. cause of migration that pushes people to leave their home country
64. to migrate out of a place
65. person or business that makes and sells goods or services
66. removal of trade barriers
67. a group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area
68. effect
70. the spread of cultural traits from one culture to another
71. the time before humans invented writing
73. unwanted; undesirable
74. crack in Earth’s crust
75. a system in which a central government makes all laws for the entire country
80. share
81. information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced that event
82. study of how people meet their wants and needs
85. the movement of water from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again
88. way to map Earth on a flat surface
89. to support
90. useful for achieving a desired result
91. loss of forest cover in a region that results from trees being destroyed faster than they can grow back
92. variety of different kinds of living things in a region or ecosystem
93. a compass direction that lies between the cardinal directions, such as northeast

Down

2. the position north or south of the Equator measured in degrees
3. country’s economic growth and quality of life
5. person or business that buys, or consumes, goods or services
6. lowest possible or acceptable
7. not extreme
9. a list of events in the order in which they occurred
12. condition of the air and sky at a certain time and place
13. growth of machine-powered production and manufacturing
14. a legal member of a country
16. a legal process by which immigrants become citizens
19. tax on imports or exports
20. process of dropping eroded material in a new place
21. a society’s ability to produce a product most efficiently given all the products it could produce
22. a region made up of similar ecosystems and communities of plants and animals
26. a length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that happened during that time; also known as an era or epoch
27. process that breaks down rock into tiny pieces
29. to receive as a result of being in a family or group
31. cost of what you have to give up when making a choice
33. area between the high and low latitudes; also know as middle latitudes
35. the organized spread of features in a space
37. period during which hours of daylight and hours of darkness are of equal length everywhere on Earth
39. total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year
40. typical ways of living out daily life
47. nonrenewable resource that forms over millions of years from the remains of dead plants and animals
49. to turn in the opposite direction
51. a pattern of organized relationships among groups of people within a society
53. a form of government in which citizens hold political power
55. relative size
57. area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; also know as low latitudes
58. a line marked off with a series of events and dates
60. to bring different people or groups together
62. loss of accuracy
68. two or more things affecting each other
69. the wind that most frequently blows across a particular region.
72. a system in which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments
76. something that keeps goods and services from entering a country
77. a process involving huge blocks of Earth’s crust and upper mantle that are called tectonic plates
78. connection of events over time
79. a group of humans with a shared culture who have organized themselves to meet their basic needs
83. an official event for a specific occasion
84. a person's perspective on a person, thing, idea, or event
86. exchange of goods and services in a market.
87. relating to or found within a country