Geography Quiz

Across

4. (relationship of distance on a map to that in reality)
7. What did the UN create to determine the level of development in countries
14. is a 2-D or flat scale model of Earth's surface, or a portion of it
15. What is GPS most commonly used for?
16. shapes of landmasses and local direction maintained while sacrificing accurate size
19. Is a substance in the environment that is useful to people, economically & technologically feasible to access & socially acceptable to use
20. where something is, in reference to someplace else.
23. What do we call restrictions that reduce the spread of ideas or innovations
25. What has the UN created to measure the extent of inequality within a country
26. The spread of a feature from one place to another in an additive process
28. The process by which a feature spread across space from one place to another over time
31. A place from which an innovation originates
32. A set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, & accelerating interdependence across national borders
33. collect data with tools while physically distant from the area
36. Items that must be addressed by countries like foreign policy, defense, etc.NATIONAL Items that must be addressed by countries like foreign policy, defense, etc.
42. to write about/describe people
44. The names of a place or that can describe a place
45. uses satellites to pinpoint location, direction, velocity thru triangulation
46. Shows characteristics of how the place must look like
47. Includes three types of features, which are" Cultural Features, Economic Features, & Physical Features
48. Shows the advantages of a place based on the site
49. What does MMR stand for?

Down

1. The spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another
2. Things that affect your community and that can be changed at the community level
3. (sometimes “regional” in the US like New England or the Great Lakes, sometimes we refer to the as “state” level in the U.S.) things that can be more effectively addressed thru a smaller unit of govt.
5. The scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map
6. refers to information about subjective characteristics (softness, beauty, feelings); info that can't actually be measured
8. Is the use of Earth's resources in ways that ensure their availability in the future
9. The geographic study of human-environment relationships
10. Using latitude and longitude(coordinates)
11. Large Area, Less Details
12. Small Area, More Details
13. What do MDCs stand for?
17. What does AFR stand for?
18. Even though the environment affects development, it does not determine it
21. What do LDCs stand for?
22. The analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite & other electronic technologies(abbreviation)
24. In this case “regional” means global regions (from our mapping activity) or a grouping of multiple countries
26. relative sizes of landmasses are maintained, but shape is often grossly distorted
27. Captures, stores, queries & displays geographic data, & also produces the most accurate maps(abbreviation)
29. permits storage/analysis of data in layers
30. Is the process where an area is way more developed
34. Is the process of improving the conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge & technology
35. What theory did Immanuel Wallerstein propose
37. Items of concern that only one country or a small group of countries COULDN’T solve without worldwide cooperation
38. Is the process where an area is way less developed
39. The arrangement of objects in space
40. refers to data that can be measured and written down with numbers
41. to write about or describe the Earth
43. Map projections create something inaccurate