Grade 8 Geography: Population Patterns and Growth
Across
- 2. the study of human population statistics
- 4. a group or type of people
- 6. areas or populations outside of cities
- 11. the number of deaths per thousand people every year
- 15. distributed along the outer perimeter of an area
- 16. a number that shows the increase or decrease in a population during a certain period of time
- 17. forming a line, which can be straight or wavy
- 19. the movement of people from one place to another
- 20. an ordering of settlements be size of population
Down
- 1. spread over a large area and not grouped together
- 3. the pattern of how people are arranged in an area
- 5. areas or populations inside cities or towns
- 7. close together and unevenly distributed over an area
- 8. the number of people in a given area
- 9. an area with fertile soil in a moderate climate, with a consistent water supply, that can be used to grow crops
- 10. the maximum number of people that a region can support without running out of resources
- 12. the number of live births per thousand people every year
- 13. describes high population density - many people crowded together in a given area
- 14. describes low population density - a small number of people scattered over a large area
- 18. the system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region