Geography Unit 1 Crossword

A bounded area; a locality such as a town or city
An object or landform that identifies a place
The study of the earth’s surface and people’s relationship to it
Description of a place in relation to other places, using landmarks, distance, or compass directions
A description of a place independent of any other place
Half of a sphere or globe, especially the earth
Distance, north or south, from the equator
Distance, east or west, from the meridian
Lines that divide a map into squares, with numbers along the top and bottom and letters along the sides
A four pointed or eight pointed symbol showing the major directions of a compass
The flow of people, products, information, and elements of nature
Transportation systems that include buses, subway trains, streetcars and commuter trains
A system for moving products that use standard sized metal boxes that attach to trucks, trains and ships
A plant or animal that is at risk of becoming extinct
Physical surroundings and conditions
The layer of gases that surrounds the earth
Plants that have not been introduced by humans
Animals that rely on plants as their food source
Living things that eat meat
Spoiled, reduced in quality
Rock that contains enough mineral content to make mining worthwhile
Removal of ore by digging directly into deposits near the surface
A map that shows information about a particular topic
The height of land and the depth of the ocean
The act or process of having an effect on each other
The mark that humans leave on the earth’s surface
Somewhere with at least 1000 people clustered close to one another
Where all the trees in an area are cut down
Using the forest wisely
A part of the earth’s surface that has similar characteristics throughout its extent
An organization that manages the lands around a river system
An area drained by the waters of a river system