Geography Review
Across
- 4. The term used for a person that is forced to leave their home country for their safety but has no country to immigrate to.
- 6. Regions of the world with similar characteristics like plants, animals, climates and land formations.
- 8. The galapagos islands are located in this country.
- 10. This country has the third lowest HDI ranking in the world.
- 12. This country has the largest percentage of its population over the age of 65.
- 14. This continent represents roughly 10% of the worlds population.
- 15. This country has the 4th highest HDI ranking in the world.
- 17. Lack of safety, high crime, war and famine are all example of this type of factor.
- 20. 48% of the world lives off of this many dollars per day.
- 21. There are 832 heritage sites of this type in the world.
- 23. This biome is home to many animals such as bison, rodents, wolves, foxes, zebras, and lions.
- 24. This is the act of permanently moving into another country.
- 26. 223 million people in this continent are suffering from starvation.
Down
- 1. This is the number of major biomes in the world.
- 2. Meridian This is the vertical line located at zero degrees.
- 3. This country is home to roughly 12 million immigrants.
- 5. This as well as social, environmental and political are all reasons to migrate.
- 7. This is the 4th most populated country in the world.
- 9. This organization was founded in 1945.
- 11. This biome is classified as being hot and dry.
- 13. This continent represents roughly 60% of the worlds population.
- 16. This factor, along with life expectancy and income determine HDI rankings.
- 18. This is the 8th most populated country in the world.
- 19. This country has 36 world heritage sites in it.
- 22. These lines run up and down on the globe and help to determine coordinates.
- 25. This country has the largest percentage of its population under the age of 15.