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