World Geography Midterm 1

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Across
  1. 1. In a country with a lot of political ________________, it is unlikely that another country with resources and economic power will be willing to offer assistance.
  2. 5. A visual aid that shows things like age ranges, effects of war, and birth rates is called a _____________.
  3. 8. An organization between the United States, Mexico, and Canada with the purpose of increasing economic participation amongst each other
  4. 9. Command is the economic system that the ___________ system follows.
  5. 10. Major landform that divides Europe and Asia.
  6. 11. The belief system that the largest number of people across the globe follow is _____________.
  7. 14. Spain and ___________ are the two European countries responsible for colonizing South America.
  8. 15. A group of people with a commonality of religion and behaviors have the same ___________.
  9. 17. When the earth is altered by people for economic, political, or social reasons it is called a _____________.
  10. 19. A term to describe when something is partly, or almost what it is portrayed to be.
  11. 20. Economic System in which the government controls the amount, the price, and the kind of goods produced and services offered.
  12. 22. To purposely completely remove, or kill, a group of people who share the same cultural or religious traits or characteristics is called _____________
  13. 24. Ethnic and cultural nationalism following the end of the Soviet Union led many countries to experience a _____________ within their country.
  14. 26. To have a successful nation there must be political rights, economic opportunities, and _____________.
  15. 27. A reason a person would want to relocate to a certain place and away from the place they are from is called a _____________.
  16. 30. A word used to describe when a foreign individual, or group, is offered a safe place to stay.
  17. 31. If a country has a high GDP, GDP Per-Capita, a low-birth rate, and a high literacy rate, then that country is most likely to be considered a _________________ country.
  18. 35. Due the fall of the Soviet Union, most eastern European countries experienced an increase in ______________.
  19. 37. The south Asian country where Hinduism originated from.
  20. 40. The U.S. economy is a mix of socialism and _____________.
  21. 41. Soviet Union Workers' inefficient work-ethic led to __________________ going into the environment.
  22. 42. This image is an example of?
  23. 43. The Great Lakes are a highly valuable environmental and economic asset to the United States and Canada. The Great Lakes Commission is an agency made up of 8 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces to assure the protection of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Commission is an example of________________
Down
  1. 1. The United Kingdom's desire to have complete control of their own self-interests or laws they must follow, continue using their own currency, and limiting _______________ led them leaving the European Union.
  2. 2. A reason a person would want to leave the place they are from is called a_____________.
  3. 3. In a country with a command economy, what most often stops progress is a lack of ________________
  4. 4. Belief system that aims to reach nirvana through cycles of reincarnation.
  5. 6. A country with an abundant amount of _______________ available has a greater chance of achieving economic and political stability.
  6. 7. If a country has more older citizens than younger citizens than that country is experiencing a __________________
  7. 12. The title of the head of the government in a constitutional Monarchy is the _____________.
  8. 13. A global environmental event which was one of the main factors that led to the fall of the Soviet Union.
  9. 16. A type of government where one person has complete control over every government decision.
  10. 18. Muslims from _____________ experienced an extreme amount of ethnic cleansing following the fall of the Soviet Union.
  11. 21. More than war and being enslaved, ___________ is what killed the most Native Americans upon the arrival of Europeans.
  12. 23. These maps are showing that most people live in the ___________ part of the European continent.
  13. 25. Due to the fall of the Soviet Union, which sparked a rise of ethnic nationalism in the region, the south-eastern European country called _____________ was divided into 6 separate countries.
  14. 26. The major economic power that collapsed in 1991.
  15. 28. One of the reasons for the creation of the __________________ following the Cold War was to increase trade amongst member countries by reducing trade-barriers.
  16. 29. Belief system that follows multiple gods and believes in reincarnation.
  17. 32. Demography is the study of the _________________
  18. 33. - A term to describe a country where the people share the same cultural traits or background.
  19. 34. The sect of Christianity that the majority of Latin Americans practice is_____________.
  20. 36. In a country that political corruption and a lack of stability within their government is occuring, it is likely that the country will eventually face _____________________.
  21. 38. The Soviet Union followed the economic, political, and social system called ______________.
  22. 39. After the fall of the Soviet Union, western Europe experienced an increase of ________________ from Eastern Europeans.