World Geography Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Siberia | Large area of land in Russia stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean |
English Channel | Cooperation between England and France has increased with the construction of the Chunnel underneath this body of water. |
Infant Mortality Rate | Good health care in a country helps lead to a low |
High Prairie | The Great Plains in known as |
India | The Ganges Rivers is located in this country. |
Mecca, Saudi Arabia | The center of Islamic world is |
Black Sea | The countries of Turkey and Russia both border this body of water. |
Land Locked | Countries that are disdvantaged because they depend on neighboring countries in order to trade overseas. |
Refugees | Wars and famine can often cause a flood of ______ across borders to other countries. |
Ninety Degrees North & South | The Poles are located. |
Deforestation | The Sahara Desert is shifting south in a process called . . . |
United Nations | The organization that uses peacekeeping troops is |
Developed, Tertiary | Service industries are found in _____ countries and are ______ economic activities. |
Diversified | The United States has a very _________ economy. |
NAFTA, Trade Barriers | is an economic alliance between Canada, the United States and Mexico which removes _____ _____. |
High Birth Rages | Developing countries have . . . |
Developed Countries | Countries that have High Per Capita GDP. |
Standard of Living | Many physicians in a country is a measure of this. |
Conflict | the unequal distribution of natural resources is a cause for . . . |
Subsistence | Argriculture farming for survival. |
Primary Economic Activities | The industry of most developing countries is centered around agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing. |
Unskilled Labor | Many developing countries have poor education systems and a large pool of . . . |
Great Dividing Range | The mountain chain along the eastern edge of Australia is called |
Caspian Sea | The larest inland body of water found in Asia and bordered by Kazakhstan, Russia, and Iran |
Bering Strait | The body of water separating Alaska from Russia is called |
Colonialism or Imperialism | European policy of conquering and controlling much of Africa and Asia in the 1800s and the early 1900s was known as |
Developing Countries | Most countries of Africa are economically considered |
Spain | the strait of Gibraltar separates Africa from this country in Europe. |
Rhine Sea | The major river in Europe that flows north throught Germany |
Denmark | The main country in Europe on the Jutland Peninsula |
North Sea | Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdon all border this Sea. |
Adriatic, Aegean, & Mediteranean Seas | Greece is bordered by the three seas |
Alps | European mountain range of Switzerland, parts of France, Italy, German, and Austria. |
Pollution | One negative impact of increased urbanization is increased . . . |
Urban | America's population is gradually shifting from rural to . . . |
Ghettos | As cities grow and urban sprawl increases, inner-city decay occurs and poor areas are left in cities which become known as |
Pittsburgh, PA | A city in the Rustbelt known for the production of steel. |
Russia | Novosibirsk and Bladivostok are two cities in this country which grew up along the Trans-Siberian Railroad. |
Capetown, South Africa | City that grew as supply station in the Cape of Good Hope. |
London, Paris | Major cities located on the Thames River also is the capital of the United Kingdom, and the capital of France on the Seine River. |
Fall Line | Rapids and small waterfalls where the piedmont meets the tidewater. |
Richmond | City located at the fall line. |
Red Crescent | The Red Cross is one organization that tries to help regions in which humans are sufffering, |
Peace-Keeping Troops | The United Nations sometimes tries to mediate conlict by sending these to a region of war. |
Balkan Peninsula, Rwanda & Burundi | Where Serb and Croats are fighting in Africa |
Organization of American States | In American,each country belongs to this political allicance |
OPEC | economic alliance of countries which export oil and often restricts production in order to influence world market prices. |
Russia & Nigeria | Examples of countries rich in natural resources but access to them is difficult often making them unprofitable to develop. |
European Union | An economic alliance tha removes trade barriers between member countries. |
Infant Mortality Rate | Developing countries often have a high _______ for babies. |
Investments | Capital resources refers to money that is used for |
GDP, Urban & Tertiary | Developed countries usually have high per capita___, large ____ population, and much of the workforce is engaged in ____ economics activities. |
Export | Many countries of the Persian Gulf region are singel ___ countries. |
Japan | One of a few examples of a country with few natural resources, but with a developed economy. |
Iron, Great Lakes, Coal, & Appalachian | The Great Lakes region of the country has traditionally been an area of steel production because the ____ is easily shipped from Minnesota on the ______ and ____ is railed from the ____ Mountains. |
Uneven | A big reason for conflict in the world is the ____ distribution of natural resources. |
Contamination | Using nuclear energy helps the environment because it burns clean, but if the waste is not securely stored, it may lead to radioative ____ |
Manufacturing, Service | A large portion of the population in developed countries holds in ______ jobs or _____ related jobs. |
Skilled | Developed countries have better educational systems which lead to more ____ workers. |
Arable | Land suitable for agricultures is called _____ land. |
Cultural Diffusion | The culture of the U S has spread worldwide, this process is called |
Pull Factors | People are drawn to certain countries dut to ___ ___ such as employment oportunities, personal freedoms, and land availability. |
Push Factors | People move from one area to another due to ___ ____ such as wars, religious persecution, political persecution, famine and disaster. |
China, one | Has the largest population in the world and the government limits families to ___ child(ren) per family. |
Unevenly, climate, water, and resources | Humans are distributed unevenly around the world due to factors such as_____, access to ____, and location of natural _____. |
Great Barrier Reef | A major oceanic feature in the world is the ____ ___ ___ found off the coase of Australia. |
India, Caste System | Hinduism is primarily found in India and a major aspect of theis religion is the ____ ____. |
Japan, Taiwan, & South Korea | Asia has several developed countries such as ____ and the newly developed smaller countries of ____ and ____ ____. |
Ural Mountains | Divide Europe from Asia |
Primary Economic Activities | Mining and agriculture are usually large portions of the economies in developing countries. |
Infrastructure | Highways, railroads, airports, and power lines all are parts of a country's |
Arabin & Turkey | Most counties of the Middle East are ___ in culture, except Iran, Israel, and _____ |
Birth rate | Developing countries usually have high _____ ____ and very young populations. |
Soil | Glacial action, floods, and volcanic activity all are destructive processes which provide the side benefit of good ___ for agriculture. |
Atlas | One of the few mountain ranges in Africa is found in the north called ____ Mountain. |
Oil | The primary natural resource of the countries near the Perisan Gulf. |
Gibraltar, Suez Canal | The MEditerranean Sea connects to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of ____ and to the Red Sea by the ____ ____. |
Danube | The major rive of Europe which empties into the Black Sea. |
Alps | The Mountains that seperate Spain and France. |
Andes | Mountains run down the western side of South America. |
Andean | Desert on the western coast of South America. |
Urbanized, Employment | In all areas of the world, the population is becoming more ____ as more and more people move to cities in search of ______. |
Roman Catholic | Spanish exploration of Lain America explains why most people of the region of the _____ _____ religion. |
Commercial Farming. | Farming cash crops in developed countries for profit is called . . . |
North American Free Trade Agreement | The trade agreement between the countries of Canada, Mexico, and US is called . . . |
Artic Ocean | The Ob River in Russia flows north into which ocean. |
person | Another way to put "per capita" is to say "per person." |
Gross National Product | GNP stands for |
Gross Domestic Product | GDP stands for |
Amazon, South | The ___ River in the continent of ____ America is the largest river in the world. |
Kirthar, Pakistan, India | The teritorial/religious conflict between Muslims and Hindus is over the carea called _____, which is between the countries of ______ and ______. |
Catholic & Protestian | The conflict in Northern Ireland is centered around two groups of Christians. |
Jerusalem | The city that is holy to Christians, Muslims, and Jews. |
Culture | Japan and Korea are examples of countries with predominantly one ______. |
Ethnic, Genocide | Yugoslavia has recently history of ethnic conflict ______. |
Spanish, Portuguese | Most people of Lain America speak _____, except in Brazil, where the official language is _____. |
English & French | The two official languages in Canada are _________ and _________ (Quebec.) |
Arabic | The language spoken by most people in the middle East. |
Synagogue | A house of worship for someone of the Jewish faith. |
Mecca | the Kaaba is found in the holiest city for Muslims. |
Islam | The main religion of the Middle East. |
Africa, Africa | The Middle East includes North _______ and Southwest ______. |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization | The military alliance between the United States, Canada, and much Europe is called . . . |
Great Plains, Canada | Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas are just some of the states in the ______ ______ which stretch into the neighboring country of ________. |
Non-renewable resouces | Coal, oil, nuclear fuel are all examples of______________. |
Renewable Resources | Trees, wind, water, and solar are all examples of . . . |
Appalachian, Germany | Acid rain is a problem in the __________ forests of North Amerca and the Black Forests of __________. |
Rice | The staple crop grown in Southeast Asia. |
U.S. & Mexico | The geographic area of Lain America begins at the border of ________ & __________. |
Mexico City | Smog and air pollution is a tremendous problem in this Central American City. |
Deforestation | a problem in the Tropical Rainforests region. |
Drying Up | The Aral Sea is _______ because water is being diverted upstream for agricultural use. |
Erosion | Wind, ice and water all cause. . . |
Monsoons | Seasonal wind shifts that bring rain part of the year and dryness part of the year. |
Tornadoes | The U.S. has the most of this type of weather than any other country. |
Typoons | Hurricanes are called _____ when they occur in the Western Pacific. |
Biomes | Taiga and Boreal are types of _____ found in the sub-artic regions Canada and Russia. |
Middle | Areas in between which eperiences seasons are called ______ Latitudes. |
High | Areas near the poles that are usually cold in temperature are called ______ Latitudes. |
Low | Areas near the equator that are usually warm in temperaure are called the _____ Latitudes. |
Moderate | Large bodies of water have ______ local air temerature. |
Elevation | An area near the equator might have cold temperatures if it is high in __________. |
Average, Rainfall | Cllimate is defined by the measurement of _______ temperatures and _____ amounts. |
Sea/ship | The mercator map projection popularly used for __________ navigation |
Korea, Korea | The DMZ divides North____, from South ______. |
Distorted | All flat maps are ______. |
Soviet Union | Many new countries were formed in the world around the year 1990 with the breakup of the former _____ _____. |
China, Soviet Union | Considers Taiwan to be part of its country, while the breakup of the former ___ ____. |
Taiwan | This country was given back to China by Britian in 1997. |
West Bank & Gaza Strip | Two areas inside Israel that serv as Palestinian territories. |
Palestine | Before 1947, the land that Israel now occupies was known as . . |
Physical | Topographic maps have contour lines in order to show ______ changes. |
Thematic Maps | Population, climate, and economic maps are all types of _____ map. |
Political | A map the indicates artificial boundaries such as country borders and cities. |
Relief | A map that shows the earth's features such as mountains and rivers. |
Longitude & Latitude | ________ and ________ is a superimposed grid on the earth's surface used to find location. |
Relative Location | A location on a mpa using other locations as reference poinst is called. . . |
Absolute Location | An exact point on a map is called . . . |
Cardinal | East, South, North, and West are all _____ directions. |
Intermediate | Northwest and Southest are examples of ______ direction. |
Direction | Another goegraphic word for term "orientation." |
Scale | The bar on a map that indicates distance is called . . |
Antarticia Treaty | Most countires of the world have agreed to this treaty, a treaty which forbids permanent development and military use. |
European | NATO is a military alliance between the US. Canada, and many _______ countries. |
Nations | An economic alliance in Southeast Asian is known as ASEAN Association of Southest Asian ________. |
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