Gr. 8 Geography Glossary 2

ACROSS

2. Fear of strangers, a mistrust of people who look & act differently.

3. Taxes charged on goods imported into a country. Tariffs make
 imported goods cost more.

5. flees from country for social, economic, political/environmental reasons.

9. (Non-Governmental Organizations) Groups not connected to gov’t
 & work to solve social problems.

10. A "super city."  Ie. Tokyo, New York City, Hong Kong, Paris

12. ie. Max. # of immigrants allowed to enter a country per year.

13. Information given in the form of numbers.

14. hiring of outside, independent workers to do some part of a company's work.

16. a group recognized as appearing different from the mainstream population

19. growing only one crop on a farm.

22. amount of work done related to time/effort/energy/$.
More efficient ways=greater productivity.

DOWN

1. The patterns of where people live.

4. average amount of money earned in a certain year by a person in a country.

5. rapid change, new ways of doing things. Agricultural/
industrial/technological revolution

6. Discrimination against people because of their skin colour /appearance.

7. country’s actions to isolate itself from the world. 
Ie. Tariffs placed on imported goods

8. The ratio of # of people living in an area vs. size of the area.

11. different ways people use land, i.e. for farms/houses/roads

14. Growing food without using any fertilizers or pesticides.

15. Resources used in economic activities (machinery & knowledge)

17. The amount of food grown on a specific amount of land.

18. graph of # of males/females in a country at each age division
 at a specific time.

19. The consumers who buy goods or purchase a service.

20. Shift of population from rural area to the cities=
changes in people’s lifestyles.

21. nations agree to treat goods/services of member nations favourably,
 giving preference 2 member countries.