World Geography Semester 1 Review

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Across
  1. 1. A ______ factor is something that draws people to a new place
  2. 4. the weather conditions of a place over a long period of time
  3. 7. travel that benefits both the environment and the local population
  4. 10. the vertical lines on the globe used to determine location
  5. 12. resistance to oppression; there were many of these throughout Latin America, leading to independence from imperial powers
  6. 13. The Columbian ________ refers to the exchange of food, people, disease, and weapons between the Old World to the New World
  7. 16. the tool used to measure a society's access to quality education
  8. 18. the __________ effect refers to the trapping of gasses within the Earth's atmosphere; known cause of climate change
  9. 20. efforts to conserve and preserve the environment
  10. 22. variety in the plants and animals in a biome; the Amazon has the highest in the world
  11. 24. a society that has a variety of beliefs, cultures, and ethnicities living together
  12. 26. the horizontal lines on the globe used to determine location
  13. 27. The European ________ is a group meant to promote peace and economic stability between European nations
  14. 29. when low income residents are forced out of their neighborhoods due to rising costs of living and changing culture of a neighborhood
  15. 30. a person who flees their country to find safety in another country
Down
  1. 2. cities and other highly populated areas
  2. 3. the shifting of large pieces of Earth's crust is known as ____ tectonics
  3. 5. A ______ factor is something that forces someone to leave their home
  4. 6. cultural ___________ is when cultural characteristics spread around the world
  5. 8. a place's location in relation to other things
  6. 9. the disappearance of rainforests due to farming and logging
  7. 11. spatial _________ is when an area is divided unevenly based on income and wealth
  8. 14. the system use to rate a society's level of development; HDI
  9. 15. the shared social characteristics of a place; ex. religion, language, traditions
  10. 17. movement from one nation to another
  11. 19. multiple countries or territories under the control of one supreme leader or nation
  12. 21. the process by which the world becomes more and more interconnected
  13. 23. someone native to a place
  14. 25. urban _______ is when cities spread far past their city centers
  15. 28. the agreement between the USA, Canada, and Mexico that allows free trade within the continent