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21 Cards in this Set
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acid rain
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industrially produced sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere that damage forests, poisened lakes, and kill fish
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boreal forest
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the coniferous evergreen that dominates the cooler continental interior
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concentric zone model
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where urban land uses were neatly organized in rings around a highly focused central business district that contained much of the city's retailing and office functions
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connectivity
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how well its different locations became linked with one another through an improved transportation and communication infrastructure
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counterurbanization
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in which people leave large cities and move to smaller towns and rural areas
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cultural assimilation
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the process in which immigrants were absorbed by the larger host society
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digital divide
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suggests that the region's poor and underprivleged groups have significantly less access to Internet communications than the wealthy
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ethnicity
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a group of people with a common background and history identify with one another, often as a minority group within a larger society
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federal state
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where a nation allocates considerable political power to units of government beneath the national level
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gentrification
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involves the displacement of lower-income residents of central-city neighborhoods with higher-income residents of central-city neighborhoods with higher-income residents, the rehabilitation of deteriorated inner-city landscapes, and the construction of new shopping complexes, entertainment attractions, or convention centers in selected downtown locations
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Group of 8 (G-8)
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a collection of powerful countries (Japan, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Russia) that confers regurally on key global economic and political issues
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location factors
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the varied influences that explain why an economic activity is located where it is
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Megalopolis
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the largest settlement agglomeration in the US, includes DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston
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North American Free Trade Agreement
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extended the alliance to Mexico and laid out a 15-year plan for drastically reducing all barriers to trade and capital investment among the three nations
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postindustrial economy
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where human geographies are shaped by modern technology
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prairie
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dominated by tall grasslands in the East and by short grasses and scrub vegeatation in the West
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sectoral transformation
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refers to the evolution of a nation's labor force from one highly dependent on the primary sector to one with more employment in the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary sectors
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tundra
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a mixture of low shrubs, grasses, and flowering herbs that grow briefly in the short growing seasons of the high latitudes
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unitary state
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where the power is centralized at the national level
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urban decentralization
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in which metropolitan areas sprawl in all directions and suburbs take on many of the characteristics of traditional downturns
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urban realms model
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highlights new suburban growth characterized by a mix of peripheral retailing, industrial parks, office complexes, and entertainment facilities
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