APHUG IHS
Across
- 2. The deliberate effort to modify a portion of the Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain.
- 4. The scientific study of population characteristics
- 6. Commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food-processing industry, usually through the ownership by large corporations.
- 8. The total number of people divided by the total land area.
- 11. The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.
- 12. The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
- 15. The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.
- 19. The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.
- 21. The potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service.
- 22. Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.
- 23. The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
- 24. The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil.
- 25. Migration of people to a specific location because of relatives or people of the same nationality previously migrated there.
Down
- 1. A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology.
- 3. The process of change in a society's population from a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population.
- 5. An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises a greater volume than the inputs.
- 7. An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs.
- 9. The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
- 10. A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another. Hint: _______ point
- 13. The number of people under the age of 15 and over age 64, compares to the number of people active in the labor force.
- 14. Migration from a location.
- 16. Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found before the Industrial Revolution.
- 17. Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers.
- 18. Large-scale emigration by talented people.
- 20. The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.