Across
- 1. The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force; significant because it shows the economic burden on workers (IDK,2)
- 4. Specifically the portion of the economy dedicated to farming and ranching; significant because it provides the food supply for all other sectors (CC,5)
- 6. The process of gathering and expressing data in a summary form; significant because it can hide or reveal specific regional trends depending on the scale (IDK,1)
- 8. The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period; significant as a primary measure of economic size (CC,7)
- 9. A process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will soon move into the neighborhood; significant because it caused rapid racial turnover (CC,6)
- 17. The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the birth rate minus the death rate; significant because it excludes migration (CC, 2)
- 19. An area of a country that has a degree of freedom from an external authority; significant because it is often a response to ethnic or separatist pressure (IDK,4)
- 21. An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with sovereignty; significant because it is the primary building block of the world map (CC,4)
- 22. A large functional area of at least 50,000 people; significant because it includes the city and all its integrated surrounding communities (IDK,6)
- 25. A culturally distinctive group of people who share a common language, religion, or history; significant because they may or may not have their own state (CC,4)
- 26. A form of tourism that supports the conservation and sustainable development of ecologically unique areas; significant because it provides income without destroying nature (IDK,7)
- 27. A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through satellites; significant because it provides absolute location for navigation (CC,1)
- 28. Developed by Immanuel Wallerstein, it explains the emergence of a core, periphery, and semi-periphery; significant because it shows global economic dependency (VIT,7)
- 32. The process by which a group's cultural features are altered to resemble those of another more dominant group; significant because the original culture is often lost (CC,3)
- 33. The actual power of a state to exercise exclusive control over its territory and people; significant because without it, a state cannot function independently (VIT,4)
- 34. A theory that explains the distribution of services based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas; significant because it uses hexagons to show urban hierarchy (VIT,6)
- 35. A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages; significant because it facilitates global interaction (IDK,3)
Down
- 2. Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture; significant because it can lead to cultural conflict and misunderstanding (IDK,3)
- 3. The study of the spatial distributions and interactions of ethnic groups; significant because it explains the cultural landscape and ethnic clusters (VIT,3)
- 5. A disease or condition regularly found among particular people or in a certain area; significant in agriculture when dealing with localized crop pests (IDK,5)
- 7. The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth; significant because it includes agriculture and mining (CC,5)
- 10. A steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion; significant because it can act as a natural physical boundary (IDK,4)
- 11. The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people; significant because it is a primary driver of population growth (CC,2)
- 12. A computer system that stores, organizes, and analyzes layers of geographic data; significant because it allows for complex spatial analysis (CC,1)
- 13. An equal-area, interrupted map projection; significant because it minimizes distortion of the continents but makes the oceans look torn (IDK,1)
- 14. A model of five stages that helps explain the rising and falling of natural increase rates over time; significant because it tracks a country's development and population growth (VIT,2)
- 15. A geographical theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from the CBD increases; significant because it determines land use (VIT,5)
- 16. The relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole; significant because it determines the level of detail and the patterns visible on a map (VIT,1)
- 18. The process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two groups, each of which retains distinct cultural features; significant because both cultures stay visible (CC,3)
- 20. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area; significant because it dictates what types of farming are possible (IDK,5)
- 23. A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries; significant because it created long-term urban decay (CC,6)
- 24. The total value of all goods and services produced by a country's residents and businesses, regardless of where the production takes place; significant for tracking a nation's global wealth (CC,7)
- 29. The practice of placing a masculine point of view at the center of one's world view; significant in geography when analyzing gender-biased population data (IDK,2)
- 30. Economic policies that promote free trade, privatization, and minimal government intervention; significant because it drives modern globalization (IDK,7)
- 31. An urbanized area of between 10,000 and 50,000 inhabitants; significant because it represents small-scale urban growth (IDK,6)