World Geography Midterm Review 1-2

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Across
  1. 3. A country with major political corruption and a struggling economy will likely experience a decline in the ________________________________
  2. 5. The sect of Christianity that the majority of Latin Americans practice is_____________.
  3. 6. A global environmental event that was one of the main factors of the fall of the Soviet Union.
  4. 10. Major landform that divides Europe and Asia.
  5. 12. Command is the economic system used in the _________________ system.
  6. 14. The image below is an example of?
  7. 19. A type of government where one person has complete control over every aspect of the country.
  8. 21. The belief system that the largest number of people across the globe follow is ___________.
  9. 24. A term that is used to describe a sovereign country, often where the people have the same ethnicities or cultural traits.
  10. 25. To have a developed country there must be political rights, economic opportunities, economic competition, and _____________ for the citizens.
  11. 27. After the fall of the Soviet Union, western Europe experienced an increase of ________________ from Eastern Europeans.
  12. 29. The Soviet Union followed the political and economic ideology called ______________.
  13. 33. The title of the head of the government in a constitutional Monarchy is the _____________.
  14. 35. A major reason for the creation of organizations such as NAFTA and the E.U. was to reduce the amount of _________________ across the member countries.
  15. 36. Due to the fall of the Soviet Union, many eastern European countries experienced an increase in political and economic ______________.
  16. 37. The U.S. economy is a mix of socialism and _____________.
  17. 38. If the government of a country controls all aspects of the economy, __________________ and innovation is not likely to occur amongst the citizens within that country
  18. 39. Spain and ___________ are the two European countries responsible for colonizing South America.
  19. 40. The Soviet Union's workers' lack of attention to safety while constructing the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl led to __________________ polluting the environment.
  20. 41. The map below shows that the area in Europe with highest GDP Per Capita is in ___________ Europe.
  21. 42. The belief system that aims to reach nirvana through cycles of reincarnation.
  22. 43. A visual aid that shows things such as age ranges, effects of war, and birth rates is called a _____________.
  23. 44. If a country has a high GDP Per-Capita, a low-birth rate, and a high literacy rate, then that country is most likely to be considered a _________________ country.
Down
  1. 1. When a government claims to be a democracy, but in reality, is missing, or does not allow certain aspects of a democracy, then that government can be referred to as a _______________________
  2. 2. A country with an abundant amount of _______________ available has a greater chance of achieving economic and political stability.
  3. 4. In a ____________ economy the government controls all aspects of the economy.
  4. 7. To purposely remove, or kill, a group of people of the same culture or religion is called _____________
  5. 8. In a country with a lot of political ________________, it is unlikely that another country with resources and economic power will be willing to come to offer economic help.
  6. 9. When the earth is altered by people for economic, political, or social reasons, it is called a _____________.
  7. 11. A word used to describe when an individual, or group, is offered a safe place to stay if they need to leave their homeland.
  8. 13. The end of the Cold War, the decades long conflict between Communism VS Democracy and Capitalism ended in 1991, is when the _____________collapsed.
  9. 15. The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations is ____________________
  10. 16. A group of people with a common religion, traits, or behaviors have the same ___________.
  11. 17. Yugoslavia, was a former south-eastern European country that was made up of 6 regions. Due to the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of ethnic ________________, those regions became independent countries, ending the existence of Yugoslavia as a country.
  12. 18. The belief system that follows multiple gods, has a social class system called caste, and believes in reincarnation.
  13. 20. A reason a person would want to leave the place they are from is called a_____________.
  14. 22. The Great Lakes are a highly valuable resource for the United States and Canada. The Great Lakes Commission is an agency made up of 8 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces to assure the protection of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Commission is an example of________________
  15. 23. A reason a person would want to relocate to a certain place is called a _____________.
  16. 26. The south Asian country where Hinduism originated from.
  17. 28. Muslims from _____________ experienced an extreme amount of ethnic cleansing following the fall of the Soviet Union.
  18. 30. If a country has more older citizens than younger citizens than that country is experiencing a __________________
  19. 31. More than war and being enslaved, ___________ is what killed the most Native Americans upon the arrival of Europeans.
  20. 32. The USMCA, previously known as NAFTA, is a ___________________________ between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
  21. 34. The United Kingdom's desire to have complete control of their own self-interests or laws they must follow, continue using their own currency, and limiting _______________ led them leaving the European Union.