Across
- 3. the long-term average of weather, typically averaged over a period of 30 years
- 6. the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground
- 10. the slow movement of continents controlled by the process associated with plate tectonics
- 11. a very large city, typically one with a population of over ten million people
- 12. the forms and artifacts sequentially placed on the natural landscape. The human imprints on the landscape
- 13. a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data
- 16. the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments
- 18. any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages
- 19. the basic spatial unit in our world regionalization schemes
- 22. literally “country behind”. A term that applies to a surrounding area served by an urban center
- 23. a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth's lithosphere, since tectonic processes began on Earth between 3.3 and 3.5 billion years ago
- 24. viable, long-term development that does not deplete resources and/or cause significant negative side-effects
- 25. geography that is concerned with individual physical and cultural elements of the earth
- 27. the constellation of countries with the most highly developed and influential economies such as The United States, Canada, China, The European Union, Japan, etc.
- 28. the world’s fastest growing national market economies measured by economic growth rates, attraction of foreign direct investment, and other economic indicators such as GNI or GNP
- 29. groups of languages that are related to each other because they come from a common older language
- 32. the proportion of a country’s population living in urban places
- 33. a visual representation of an entire area or a part of an area, typically represented on a flat surface
- 34. what individuals carry around in their minds that reflect their perception of how geographic space is organized around them
Down
- 1. the shift in the characteristics and spatial distribution of Earth climates in response to a long- term trend in atmospheric warning
- 2. Zone of crustal instability along tectonic plates boundaries, marked by earth and volcanic activity that rings the Pacific Ocean Basin
- 4. the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc
- 5. the study and practice of making maps
- 7. the regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places
- 8. the array of landforms that constitutes the earth’s surface (hills, mountains, plains and plateaus) and the physical features that mark them such as soil, vegetation, water bodies, etc.
- 9. a measurement of a country's income. It includes all the income earned by a country's residents and businesses, including any income earned abroad.
- 14. a branch of geography that studies the world's regions
- 15. an area of the earth surface marked by specific criteria
- 17. political relations between states and regions that are strongly influenced by their geographical settings, including proximity, accessibility, sovereign boundaries, natural resources, population distribution, etc.
- 20. exact place on the earth expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude
- 21. a politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by a significant portion of the international community
- 26. an area where two geographic realms meets
- 30. the gradual reduction of regional differences at the world scale resulting from increasing international, cultural, economic, and political exchanges
- 31. region that display a measurable and visible internal homogeneity (uniform)