Ch 4 Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city
  2. 4. the expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact
  3. 5. the spread of culture traits, material and non-material, from one culture to another
  4. 7. a fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers
  5. 8. geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size, and location of human settlements in an urban system
  6. 10. a country which, according to the United Nations, exhibits the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development
  7. 12. the spread of disease across a large area or even the world
  8. 15. number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people
  9. 17. a form of autocracy with a hereditary king or queen exercising supreme power
  10. 19. the model that uses birthrates and death rates to show how populations in countries or regions change over time
  11. 21. number of births per year for every 1,000 people
  12. 22. a boundary that follows a geometric pattern
  13. 24. form of government in which powers are divided between the national government and state or provincial governments
  14. 25. a system of resource management in which the government supports and regulates enterprise through decisions that affect the marketplace
  15. 27. a system in which private individuals or groups have the right to own property or businesses and make a profit with limited government interference
  16. 29. a geographical boundary between two different cultures
  17. 32. an economic system based on free enterprise, in which businesses are privately owned and production and prices are determined by supply and demand
  18. 33. system of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens
  19. 35. the movement of people from place to place
  20. 36. system of government in which a small group holds power
  21. 37. a system in which tradition and custom control all economic activity; exists in only a few parts of the world today
  22. 38. setting up businesses abroad to produce parts and products for domestic use or sale
  23. 39. cities generally considered to play an important role in the global economic system
  24. 40. a diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender
Down
  1. 2. the variations in population that occur across a country, a continent, or the world
  2. 3. the average number of people living on a square mile or square kilometer of land
  3. 6. the level of wealth, goods, and necessities available for people to live
  4. 9. a system in which factors of production are privately owned
  5. 11. group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language
  6. 13. country a country which has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less developed nations
  7. 14. region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs
  8. 16. a center where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward
  9. 18. way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology, and material items
  10. 20. system of government in which one person rules with unlimited power and authority
  11. 23. a country that has begun transitioning from primarily agricultural to primarily manufacturing and industrial activity
  12. 26. the degree of connection or separation between people, places, and things
  13. 28. system of government in which those who rule are regarded as divinely inspired
  14. 30. the number of years it takes for a population to double in size
  15. 31. form of government in which all key powers are given to the national or central government
  16. 34. a system of resource management in which decisions about production and distribution of goods and services are made by a central authority