Across
- 1. In the United States, a region’s core with one or more urban clusters of 10,00 people minimum Significance: highlights growing urban centers and its regional impact. (Unit 6, CC)
- 3. A systematic documentation of property ownership and boundaries Significance: it is helpful to establish land ownership and resolving property disputes (Unit 5, IDK)
- 5. in the United States an area with at least one urbanized area at its core Significance: used to measure urban population patterns for policy and planning. (Unit 6, CC)
- 7. The decline and sometimes complete disappearance of employment in the manufacturing sector in the core industrial center. Significance: Leads to shifts of unemployment and urban decline which is affected by regions. (Unit 7, IDK)
- 8. The approach to divide and create boundaries at the pinpoint between places. Significance: it is important in resolving international boundary disputes (Unit 4, IDK)
- 11. A city with more than 20 million residents Significance: Highlights the extreme urban growth in a state. (Unit 2, CC)
- 13. Occurs when a large amount of people experience extended periods of time with an inadequate diet Significance: an indicator of a place that is poorly developed. (Unit 5, CC)
- 14. A small territory which proceeds to grow in an area over time. Significance: indicates the centers of power and economic strength (Unit 4, CC)
- 18. A property whose use or development is complicated by the presence of hazardous substances. Significance: Often raises environmental concerns.(Unit 6, IDK)
- 20. The destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, race, or religion. Significance: it gives a better understanding of mass destruction of all regions. (Unit 3, VIT)
- 22. Occurs when a specific trait is rejected but the underlying idea is accepted. Significance: it shows how cultures change based on foreign ideas to fit their own needs. (Unit 1, IDK)
- 24. A line that connects different places that share a common value like elevation. Significance: it helps visualize spatial patterns like elevation across regions. (Unit 1, IDK)
- 26. Regions that have a constant fragmentation due to devolution and centrifugal forces. Significance: since political instability is a major factor, it is frequent to conflict. (Unit 4, VIT)
- 27. A set of symbolic forms associated with a country and its citizens Significance: reinforces national identity and unity through visualizations (Unit 4, IDK)
- 28. A range of pro-market and anti-government positions on the economy, such as reducing government ownership and regulations, being said, it promotes market based solutions. Significance: reshapes economy by promoting free market policies and deregulation. (Unit 7, IDK)
- 29. How groups and individuals see their surrounding environment including the human modified aspects. Significance: It shapes behavior, values and actions towards someone’s resources (Unit 1, VIT)
- 30. An approach to understand other cultures from the perspective of an observer's culture. Significance: helps explain cultural misunderstandings and conflict (Unit 3, IDK)
- 32. The position of a place or person in relation to the place of another place or person. Significance: explains spatial relationships and accessibility from place to place. (Unit 1, CC)
- 34. The mixing of different beliefs, ideas, or practices in a religious context. Significance: demonstrates how religions/cultures shift by blending beliefs and traditions. (Unit 3, IDK)
- 35. A living organism like crops and livestock that is produced through genetic engineering. Significance: improves crop yields and resilience and plays a crucial role in the global food security. (Unit 5, VIT)
Down
- 2. A country’s ability to produce a product more efficiently than it can produce other products within the economical state Significance: drives international trade by focusing on efficiency. (Unit 7, CC)
- 4. A phenomenon where a culture visually shows a preference of men. Significance: highlights the gender bias and inequality in a cultural or spatial representation. (Unit 2, IDK)
- 6. A model that explains the population trends with birth rates and death rates in a country, determining a country's growth rate through stages that are economically developed. Significance: It shows a historical rate of societies and the shifts which is helpful to policy making. (Unit 2, VIT)
- 9. A force that pulls apart a society or country. Significance: helps explain the social or political division in a state. (Unit 2, CC)
- 10. A firm's ability to outperform other transnational corporations in the industry. Significance: encourages innovation in the global business markets. (Unit 7, CC)
- 12. An area with very limited access to fresh and nutritious food. Significance: exposes inequality in access to healthy food options. (Unit 5, CC)
- 15. The practice of identifying high risk neighborhoods on a city map and refusing to lend money to people trying to buy the property in those neighborhoods. Significance: contributes to long term economic segregation. (Unit 6, IDK)
- 16. States that have the most advanced technologies like the military and complex manufacturing systems, this would also have higher levels of wealth and mass consumption. Significance: Influences the global systems through technology and economic dominance. (Unit 4, CC)
- 17. The displacement of a lower-income population by a higher-income population as the area improves. Significance: boosts urban neighborhoods but often leads to displacement of lower income communities. (Unit 6, VIT)
- 19. A phenomenon where herders and their livestock move between their summer and winter pastures as the seasons change Significance: shows how traditional agriculture is shaped by seasonal climate patterns. (Unit 2, IDK)
- 21. The precise position on earth's surface. Significance: used for precise location and better navigation. (Unit 1, CC)
- 23. A fast growing cereal plant that is grown in warm regions with poor soil Significance: It reflects agricultural adaptation to the different conditions within the environment. (Unit 5, IDK)
- 25. A force that brings together a community and forms a neighborhood, society, or country. Significance: Encourages unity and stability within a society. (Unit 3, CC)
- 31. A city with more than 10 million residents Significance: shows the challenges with managing a large and densely populated urban area. (Unit 2, CC)
- 33. Tax imported goods and services Significance: it influences international trade and it protects domestic industries. (Unit 7, VIT)