Across
- 1. The physical gap or interval between two objects.
- 4. The acquistion of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.
- 6. The region from which innovative ideas originate.
- 8. The relationships among people between objects across the barrier of space.
- 14. Perceptual region; an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
- 16. Uniform region; An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
- 19. A 1800s and early 1900s approach to the study of geography which argues that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical science. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused by human activities.
- 21. An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.
- 23. A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes and displays geographic data.
- 26. The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.
- 28. Land that the Dutch have created by draining water from an area.
- 30. The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future.
- 32. A specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic.
- 35. Composed of living organisms.
- 37. An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.
- 38. A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.
- 40. The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies.
- 41. A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters are located.
- 44. The science of map-making.
- 46. A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.
- 50. A chain of communication that connects places.
- 51. The study of different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those place symbolic meanings.
- 54. The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a additive process.
- 56. The physical character of a place.
- 57. The sustainable management of a natural resource.
- 58. Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans.
- 60. A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technological feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
- 61. Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.
- 62. The process by which a group's cultural features are altered to match those of another dominant group.
- 63. The maintenance of resources in their presentable condition, with as little human impact as possible.
Down
- 1. The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communication and transportation systems.
- 2. The study of space as the product of ideologies or value systems of ruling elites.
- 3. The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.
- 5. The arrangement of something across Earth's surface.
- 7. The spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another.
- 9. A combination of cultural features such as language and religion, economic features such as industry and agriculture, and physical features, such as climate and vegetation.
- 10. The study of the psychological basis for individual human actions in space.
- 11. Nodal region; An area organized around a node or focal point, usually specializes in something.
- 12. A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
- 13. The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.
- 15. The spread of something over a given area.
- 17. The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy.
- 18. Creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals.
- 20. The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.
- 22. Scientific research by amateur scientists.
- 24. The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected.
- 25. Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
- 27. The relationship between the distribution of one feature and the distribution of another.
- 29. The position of anything on Earth's surface.
- 31. Identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates.
- 33. The rapid, wide-spread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population, without regard to social class, economic position, or power.
- 34. Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans.
- 36. The process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of two culturally distinct groups.
- 39. The body of customary beliefs, social forms and material traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition.
- 42. Community-based mapping, representing local knowledge and information.
- 43. The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.
- 45. The diminished importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
- 47. The long-term average weather condition at a particular location.
- 48. All living organisms on Earth, including plants, animals, and even microorganisms.
- 49. A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships.
- 52. The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.
- 53. A representation of a portion of Earth's surface based on what an individual knows about a place that contains personal impressions of what is in the place and where the place is located.
- 54. A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact.
- 55. The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a particular area.
- 59. The location of a place relative to another place.