Across
- 4. The logic of why cities are spaced out the way they are. Big cities are far apart; tiny towns are everywhere.(VIT,6)
- 8. The simple fact of more and more people moving from farms into the city.(CC,6)
- 10. Those wiggly lines on a map that connect places with the same "stuff," like temperature or height.(CC,1)
- 11. Thinking your culture is the "correct" one and judging everyone else based on your own rules.(CC,3)
- 13. A fancy word for a country with borders and a government.(CC,4)
- 15. When a "bad" neighborhood gets fixed up. The area looks nicer, but the original (usually poorer) people can’t afford to live there anymore.(IDK,6)
- 16. When similar businesses (like tech companies) all huddle together in one spot to share workers and resources.(IDK,7)
- 18. When three or more countries team up (like the UN or EU) to get things done, even if they have to give up a little power. (IDK,4)
- 21. Taking stuff from the Earth (Farming, mining, fishing).(CC,7)
- 22. How spread out those things are (Are the people all in one corner or spaced out?).(CC,1)
- 24. Farming huge areas of land with way less work/effort (like a giant cattle ranch).(IDK,5)
- 26. When the big central government gives some power back to local regions to keep them from quitting the country.(CC,4)
- 28. Moving cows or sheep up the mountain in summer and down to the valley in winter.(VIT,5)
- 29. A "bridge language." If a German and a Brazilian businessman meet, they’ll probably speak English to understand each other.(IDK,5)
- 30. A cultural mash-up. Taking two different traditions and making a new "remix."(VIT,5)
- 32. Farming run by giant corporations instead of a guy on a tractor named Old MacDonald.(CC,5)
- 33. A reality check. It’s not just "people per mile," it’s "people per chunk of farmable land.(IDK, 2)
- 35. A 4- or 5-stage "life cycle" for countries. They start with lots of babies and lots of deaths, and end up with few babies and long lives. (VIT, 2)
Down
- 1. Taking a round Earth and flattening it onto a paper. Spoiler: It always messes up the size or shape of something. (IDK, 1)
- 2. An old, racist move where banks refused to give loans to people in certain (usually minority) neighborhoods.(CC,6)
- 3. Factories in Mexico right next to the US border. They make stuff cheap for Americans. (IDK,7)
- 5. Going "all in" on a new culture until your original culture basically disappears.(IDK,3)
- 6. EXITING your old country.(CC,2)
- 7. to a new place and picking up the local vibe, but still keeping your original roots.(CC,3)
- 9. The idea that the environment sets some rules, but humans are smart enough to find a workaround. (Example: Building a ski resort in a desert).(VIT, 1)
- 12. The "Quality of Life" score. It looks at money, how long you live, and if you go to school.(VIT,7)
- 14. When a city just keeps crawling outward, eating up the countryside with endless suburbs.(IDK,6)
- 17. The "Who's paying for this?" ratio. It compares kids and seniors to the people actually working and paying taxes. (IDK, 2)
- 19. Working a small plot of land really hard to get every last bit of food out of it.(IDK,5)
- 20. Cheating with boundaries. Politicians redraw voting maps to make sure their party wins the next election.(VIT,4)
- 23. A group of people who feel like a "family" because of history or language (like the Kurds).(IDK,4)
- 25. Making stuff (Factories and construction).(CC,7)
- 27. The 1960s "Food Upgrade." New seeds and chemicals made way more food, but caused some environmental drama.(CC,5)
- 31. Moving IN to a new country.(CC,2)
- 34. How many things are in a space (How many people in the room?).(IDK,1)