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22 Cards in this Set
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colonialism
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formal establishment over foreign pop.
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cultural imperialism
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promotion of one cultural system at expense of another
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decolonization
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gaining control over its territory establishing separate
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globalization
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growing interconnectedness of people and places
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nation-state
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group without independent political territory
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overurbanization
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urban pop. grows faster than can provide
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greenhouse effect
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pollutants increase greenhouse effect causing global warming
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cultural assimilation
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process in which immigrants are absorbed by larger host society
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digital devide
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poor people have less access to internet
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megapolis
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cluster of cities (baltimore, Philly, DC, NYC, Baltimore
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informal sector
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self-built housing, family businesses in developed cities like San Jose COsta Rica
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Megacities
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large cities like Mexico City
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Mestizo
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mix of european and native ancestry
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remittances
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money sent home by immigrants
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squatter settlements
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self-built housing built on land not owned by them
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Banana Wars
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Lesser antilles make less for bananas than Ecuador and Central America even though it is their main export
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brain drain
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emigration of people with tech. skills and knowledge
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capital leakage
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gap in gross income of hotels and money that actually stays in the Caribbean
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creolization
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mix of european and african cultures
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isolated proximity
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regions unique position in world
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mono-crop production
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single commodity
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neocolonialism
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a country indirectly asserts control over country
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