Human Geo Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Are inhabited by permanent human settlements.
  2. 4. Y-axis
  3. 6. Describes human and physical characteristics; what is it like?
  4. 10. (map) illustrate one or more characteristics in a specific area.
  5. 11. Believe future population growth will have negative consequences for the world.
  6. 12. A process satellites use to acquire data of Earth's surface.
  7. 14. (map) use color to indicate selected characteristics
  8. 15. The belief that humans have a range of possible choices in adapting to their physical environment (learning about crops to know what crops to plant).
  9. 16. (density) number of people per unit of arable land.
  10. 17. Person who moves temporarily from one area of a country to another.
  11. 20. Belief that the environment determines societal development.
  12. 22. (pyramid) rapid growth
  13. 23. Person who leaves one area for another.
  14. 24. (pyramid) moderate growth
  15. 26. 1845-1852; potato famine
  16. 32. Determine absolute location using distance from 3 or more known locations.
  17. 35. (map) arrows of various widths to indicate direction and total number of units moving.
  18. 38. (pyramid) slow growth
  19. 40. Specific point on Earth; where is it?
  20. 41. (map) uses space to illustrate some type of data to be used comparatively; greater data=more space.
  21. 43. Scientific study of population characteristics.
Down
  1. 2. Cities that a populate greater than 5 million people.
  2. 3. A method of showing a curved Earth on a flat surface.
  3. 5. The original location of an idea, innovation, or characteristic.
  4. 7. (map) an area's political or physical features.
  5. 8. The idea that with increased technology the distance between two places is shrinking because it takes less time to travel between them.
  6. 9. Widespread influence of a disease in the world.
  7. 13. Arrangement of physical and human objects.
  8. 18. (density) total land are divided by number of people.
  9. 19. Person entering an area or country to settle permanently.
  10. 21. Study of human activities on Earth; where, why.
  11. 25. Computer-based mapping technology that uses a variety of geographic information about an area.
  12. 27. System of satellites that sends signals to receive exact location of an object on Earth.
  13. 28. (density) number of farmers per arable land.
  14. 29. X-axis
  15. 30. (pyramid) declining growth
  16. 31. Believe the future population will have neutral or positive consequences.
  17. 33. (map) mental associations unique to an individual's perception
  18. 34. The study of Earth's physical and human features.
  19. 36. Identifies relationships between places; how is the place similar to others?
  20. 37. Science of creating maps.
  21. 39. (map) uses lines to connect points; eg. weather
  22. 42. Market value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year divided by the number of people in a nation.