Geography Awareness Week Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• physical: the study of features of the earth's surface
• map: a 2d model of the earth or a portion of its surface
• remote sensing: technique of obtaining information about objects through the study of data collected by special instruments that are not in physical contact with the objects being analyzed
• gis: acronym of a computer program that stores geographic data and produces maps to show those data
• diffusion: the spread of a culture element or some other phenomena
• assimilation: in cultural convergence, this occurs when the original traits of the weaker culture are completely erased and replaced by the traits of the more dominant culture
• transculturation: occurs when two cultures of just about equal power or influence meet and exchange ideas or traits without the domination seen in acculturation and assimilation
• culture: the sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared and transmitted by the members of society
• glocalization: the process by which people in a local place mediate and alter regional, national, and global processes
• ethnicity: affiliation or identity within a group of people bound by common ancestry and culture
• ethnocentrism: conviction of the evident superiority of one's own ethnic group
• race: a categorization of humans based on skin color and other physical characteristics
• toponymy: the study of place names of a region, or toponyms
• immigration: moving into a population
• environment: surroundings; the totality of things that in any way may affect an organism, including both physical and cultural conditions; a region characterized by a certain set of physical conditions
• geopolitics: branch of political geography treating national power, foreign policy, and international relations as influenced by geographic considerations of location, space, resources, and demography