Grade 9 Geography

3. the Earth spins on its axis to make day and night.
5. a map shows the shape of the land, including hills, valleys, and flat areas, with lines to show how high or low different places are.
8. anything related to money, jobs, and how people earn and spend their resources.
12. a photo taken from the air, like from a plane or drone
13. he way countries around the world become more connected through trade, communication, and sharing ideas.
15. measuring how well people live in a country, based on things like health, education, and how much money they have (human development index).
16. the total value of everything a country makes and sells in a year (gross domestic product).
17. someone who studies the weather and tries to predict if it will rain, snow, or be sunny.
18. a person who makes maps, drawing pictures of places to help people find their way.

1. the process of one country setting up control over another place, often by sending people to live there and taking over the land.
2. things in nature, like mountains, rivers, and forests, that weren’t made by people.
4. things people build, like roads, bridges, or buildings.
6. a river that flows all year long.
7. a number on a map that tells you how high a place is above sea level, like the top of a mountain.
9. show how high or low the land is, like a line showing the top of a hill or the bottom of a valley.
10. when a country takes control of another place, often far away, and uses its resources and people for its own benefit.
11. both letters and numbers.
14. how steep something is.
19. the Earth goes around the Sun every year.