Human Geo Chapter 1

123456789101112131415161718192021
Across
  1. 4. 0 degrees longitude, passes through Greenwich, England.
  2. 6. the idea that the natural or physical environment shapes and creates cultures; in other words, the environment essentially dictates culture.
  3. 8. spread of ideas, objects, inventions, and other practices from place to place.
  4. 17. roughly follows 180 degree longitude.
  5. 20. the numbering system for meridians
  6. 21. the type of diffusion involves the spread outward from a core area that contains the idea, cultural practice, etc. and can occur from person-to-person contact or through a hierarchy.
Down
  1. 1. the process of transferring locations from the Earth's curved surface to a flat map.
  2. 2. a way to describe a location; refers to the physical characteristics, such as the topography, vegetative cover, climatic conditions, etc.
  3. 3. a region defined by homogeneity in one or a number of different characteristics.
  4. 5. the diffusion process in which people migrate or move to a new area, and bring their ideas, objects, and the like with them.
  5. 7. a region that is defined by a central node or focal point to which other places in the region are connected.
  6. 9. the theory people can adapt to their environmental conditions and choose from many alternatives, despite the limitations that the environment pose.
  7. 10. half circles that connect the North and South poles.
  8. 11. circles that encompass the Earth and are parallel to the equator
  9. 12. acquisition of data about the Earth's surface from aerial platforms such as satellites, airplanes, or drones.
  10. 13. an area that shares some sort of common characteristic that binds the area into a whole.
  11. 14. ratio of the length or distance on the map versus the length or distance on the Earth or ground; can also refer to the spatial extent of some phenomenon.
  12. 15. combines computer hardware and software in a system that stores, analyzes and displays geographic data with a "computer mapping" capability in a system of data layers.
  13. 16. literally, writing about the Earth; the study of the physical and environmental aspects of the world, from a spatial perspective.
  14. 18. the numbering system for parallels
  15. 19. a way to describe a location by referring to the area surrounding the place, and is sometimes referred to as relative location