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Across
  1. 2. The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior to different societies.
  2. 3. Taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need
  3. 7. A typr of government in which an individual or a group holds complete political power.
  4. 12. The heartland or place of origin of a major culture; a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to other cultures.
  5. 15. The number of live births per total population, often expressed per thousand population.
  6. 17. The belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as the creators and maintainers of the universe, as well as the system of beliefs itself.
  7. 18. The total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a period of time.
  8. 22. The number of deaths per thousand.
  9. 23. A version of a language that reflects changes in speech patterns due to class, region, or cultural changes.
  10. 24. A group that shares a geographic region, a common language, and a sense of identity and culture
  11. 26. The number of deaths among infants under age one as measured per thousand live births.
  12. 28. A type of government in which a ruling family headed by a king or queen holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizen bodies.
  13. 31. The name of a territory when a nation and a state occupy the same territory.
  14. 32. A factor that draws or attracts people to another location.
  15. 33. An area that is the center of business and culture and has a large population.
  16. 34. The way people produce and exchange goods.
  17. 35. A typr of government in which citizens hold political power either directly or through elected representatives.
  18. 36. A type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers. Also called a demand economy or capitalism.
  19. 37. A political unit or community touching the borders of the central city or touching other suburbs that touch the city.
  20. 38. The dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result.
  21. 39. A group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity.
  22. 40. The average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit.
Down
  1. 1. The average number of people who live in a measurable area, reached by dividing the number of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land they occupy.
  2. 4. A group of people who share language, customs, and a common heritage.
  3. 5. The average number of children a women of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the cuurent rate of her country.
  4. 6. The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems.
  5. 8. A type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production. Also called a planned economy.
  6. 9. The production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people.
  7. 10. A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region.
  8. 11. A functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs, linked economically.
  9. 13. The cultural change that occurs when individuals in a society accept or adopt an innovation.
  10. 14. The number of organisms a piece of land can support without negative affects.
  11. 16. A graphic device that shows gendor and age distribution of a population.
  12. 19. A system in which the government holds nearly all political power and the means of production.
  13. 20. Also called population growth rate - the rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate form the birthrate.
  14. 21. The core of a city, which is almost always based on commercial activity.
  15. 25. The syudy of how people use space in cities.
  16. 27. The total of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by members of a group
  17. 29. Having no outlet to the sea.
  18. 30. The value of only goods and services produced within a country in a period of time.
  19. 31. Materials on or in the earth, such as a tree, fish, or coal, that has economic value.
  20. 37. A political term describing an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs.