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Geog 120 Test #1
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
02/02/2012

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Absolute location
Definition
refers to exact location - latitude and longitude
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accident of history
Definition
when stuff just randomly happens. ex/bringing over disease
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Cape Fear
Definition
southeastern NC extending into Atlantic
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Centrifugal force
Definition
cultural and political forces that pull away from and weaken nation/state
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Centripetal force
Definition
cultural and political forces that promote political unity in nation state
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Columbian Exchange
Definition
exchange of biota and other goods and disease from Europe to America
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Comparative advantage
Definition
ability of a party to produce a good/service at lower opportunity cost than others
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Continentality
Definition
land gets more thermal variation than water because lands lower specific heat level
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Creolization
Definition
African, European and some Amerindian elements. Caribbean.
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Density
Definition
degree of compactness in a place
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Dependency ratio
Definition
ratio between those of working age and of non-working age
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Edge city
Definition
relatively large urban area on outskirts of city
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Ejido
Definition
in Mexcio it's a piece of land farmed communally under state
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Emergent coast
Definition
land is rising relative to sea level
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
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Gentrification
Definition
process of urban revitalization high-income residents displace lower income residents
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Green Revolution
Definition
productive agriculture techniques developed. Hybrid plants of non-working age.
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Hacienda
Definition
large estate or plantation with a main house in Spanish speaking countries
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Latifundia
Definition
a large estate or landholding held by a family
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lingua franca
Definition
agreed upon language to facilitate communication on specific topics in world. like accounting business stuff.
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manufacturing belt
Definition
local economies specialize in large scale manufacturing
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maquiladora
Definition
assembly plants on Mexican border built by foreign capitol, export USA
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Maritime climate
Definition
moderated by proximity to oceans and seas. cool, cloudy wet and non extreme.
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Maroon societies
Definition
where runaway slaves go
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Megalopolis
Definition
largest settlement cluster in the US
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Mestizo
Definition
European and Indian mix
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Mulatto
Definition
European and African mix
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NAFTA
Definition
agreement made between North America that reduced barriers to trade
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National origins
Definition
nationality is membership of nation or sovereign state
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physiologic population density
Definition
a total population of a country or region to the area of arable land it contains
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post-industrial society
Definition
society that has moved past the stage of heavy industry to an economy that is mainly centered on professions
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relative location
Definition
explains location in reference to other places. descriptive tool
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site
Definition
internal locational attributes of a place, including the local spatial organization and physical setting
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submergent coast
Definition
land in sinking relative to sea
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syncretic religion
Definition
feature blending diff belief systems. Latin America animist and Christian
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Tierra caliente
Definition
hot. distinct tropical climate
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tierra fria
Definition
cold land. mountainous regions Latin America with cooler climate
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tierra helada
Definition
frozen land. highest places found with Andes mountains
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tierra templada
Definition
temperate land. places at moderately high elevation
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transition zone
Definition
ex/ Texas transition from Mexico to US
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triangular trade
Definition
system of trading which country pays for it's imports by its exports
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zambo
Definition
african and indian mix
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arithmetic population density
Definition
population of country or region expressed as an avg. per unit area
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situation
Definition
external locational attributes of a place, its relative location or regional position with reference to other non-local situations
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