Gr. 8 Geography Glossary 1

ACROSS

5. People who study how economies work, collecting data about how people make economic decisions.

8. (Gross Domestic Product) total value of all goods & services produced within a country per yr.

9. Anything that is bought/sold. Often refers to products made from natural resources.

14. # of babies born each year for every 1000 people in the country.

18. The relationship between 2 variables.

19. group�s way of life, their values/beliefs, language/customs/religion/food

20. survey of a population to gather particular facts.

23. A place where people live.

DOWN

1. One culture's changing to fit or be more like another.

2. A person who moves into a country.

3. large corporation that owns many different companies.

4. $ used to promote economic activities, i.e. to build machines /construct buildings.

6. Ethnically & culturally diverse.

7. Factors that describe changes in the general population.

10. The expansion of deserts into surrounding areas.

11. A person who moves out of a country.

12. goods & services, but not $, are exchanged. Ie. Trading car repairs for tutoring.

13. increasing trend to do business internationaly.Increased competition.

15. rapid develop�t of manufacturing in society. Declining agricultural sector into industrial sector.

16. Areas often within large cities that are concentrations of a particular cultural group.

17. (Gross National Product) Sum of all economic activities of a country�s citizens/yr.

21. A sudden outbreak of illness that causes the death rate to go up sharply.

22. The human effort that goes into producing goods & services.

24. Structures/systems built to let society to work well,(roads/hospitals/electricity/schools)

25. Land that can be used to grow crops.