Geography Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.
  2. 6. the basic facilities and system serving a country, region, or community.
  3. 8. a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
  4. 10. an area's long-term weather patterns.
  5. 11. the total amount of water on a planet.
  6. 12. the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society ethnically homogeneous.
  7. 14. the number of people per unit of area.
  8. 16. the state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place.
  9. 21. the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions.
  10. 22. a description of how a place is related to other places.
  11. 24. the region on, above, and below the Earth's surface where life exists.
  12. 25. ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s
  13. 26. the traits shared and transmitted among the members of a group that allow communication, a common belief system, shared purpose, and shared activities.
  14. 27. a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes.
  15. 28. the study of cities.
  16. 29. a large rock is disintegrated into smaller pieces of rocks.
  17. 30. prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude.
  18. 31. the breakup of a larger country into smaller independent states which are often hostile to each other.
Down
  1. 1. measures the distance east or west of the prime meridian.
  2. 2. the rigid, outermost layer of the Earth's rocks and minerals.
  3. 3. the study and description of the physical features of an area.
  4. 5. the process of chemicals in rainwater making changes to the minerals in a rock.
  5. 7. the spread of ideas, objects, inventions, and other practices from place to place.
  6. 9. a method for taking the curved surface of the earth and displaying it on something flat.
  7. 13. the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity.
  8. 15. an ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own sovereign state.
  9. 17. the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator.
  10. 18. the system of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
  11. 19. humus-rich grassland soils used extensively for growing cereals or for raising livestock.
  12. 20. an administrative district or division of a country.
  13. 23. the precise geographic coordinates of a specific point on the Earth's surface.