Geography Test 2

Front 1

Cultural Assimilation

Back 1

immigrants are culturally absorbed into the larger host society

Front 2

Cultural Homeland

Back 2

culturally distinctive settlement in a well defined geographic area

Front 3

Edge Cities

Back 3

suburban node of activity that features a mix of retailing, parks, offices, and entertainment

Front 4

Ethnicity

Back 4

cultural identity of people with common background or history

Front 5

Federal States

Back 5

nations that allocate considerable political power to government units beneath national level

Front 6

Gentrification

Back 6

urban revitalization where high-income residents displace low-income residents

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Megalopolis

Back 7

largest settlement cluster in the U.S.

Front 8

New Urbanism

Back 8

urban design movement stressing higher density neighborhoods where residents can walk to school, work, etc

Front 9

Sectoral Transformation

Back 9

evolution of a labor force from being highly dependent on primary sector to being oriented around more employment in the secondary sectors

Front 10

Sustainable Agriculture

Back 10

producers farm using principles of ecology - producers and consumers have environmentally friendly alternatives

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Unitary States

Back 11

political system where power is centralized at national level

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Urban Decentralization

Back 12

process where cities spread out over a larger geographic area

Front 13

Urban Heat Island

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development associated with cities produces nighttime temperatures 9-14 degrees warmer

Front 14

Altiplano

Back 14

largest intermontane plateau in the Andes

Front 15

Altitudinal Zonation

Back 15

relationship between elevation, temperature, and changes in vegetation that result from environmental lapse rate

Front 16

Dependency Theory

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explains patterns of economic development in Latin America

Front 17

Dollarization

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a country adopts the U.S. dollar as its official currency

Front 18

Environmental lapse rate

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decline in temperature as one ascends higher in atmosphere

Front 19

Grassification

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conversion of tropical forest into pasture for cattle ranching

Front 20

Latifundia

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large estate of landholding in Latin America

Front 21

Maquiladora

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assembly plants on Mexican border built by foreign capital

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Mestizo

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person of mixed European and Indian ancestry

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Minifundia

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small landholding farmed by peasants or tenants who produce food

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Neotropics

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tropical ecosystems of the Americas that evolved in relative isolation

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Remittance

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monies sent by immigrants working abroad to family or community in their country of origin

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Syncretic religion

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religions that feature a blending of different belief systems

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Urban Primacy

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a state in which disproportionately large city dominates the urban system and is the center of economic, political and cultural life

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Capital Leakage

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gap between the gross receipts an industry brings into a developing area and the amount of capital retained

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Caribbean Dispora

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economic flight of Caribbean peoples across the globe

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Creolization

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blending of cultural elements into unique cultural systems found in Caribbean (African, European, and Some Amerindian)

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Free-Trade Zone

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duty-free and tax-exempt industrial park created to attract foreign corporations and create industrial jobs

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Indentured Labor

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foreign workers contracted to labor on agricultural estates for a definite period of time (Caribbean)

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Isolated Proximity

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concept that explores the contradictory position of the Caribbean states

Front 34

Maroons

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runaway slaves who established communities rich in African traditions throughout the Caribbean and Brazil

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Mono-crop Production

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agriculture based on a single crop

Front 36

Monroe Doctrine

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proclamation by James Monroe stating that the US would not tolerate European military action in Western Hemisphere

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Neocolonialism

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strategies by which powerful states extend their influence over weaker states

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Offshore Banking

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financial services offered by islands or microstates that are typically confidential and tax exempt

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Plantation America

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cultural region extending from midway up coast of Brazil through Guianas and the Caribbean into southeastern US

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Rimland

Back 40

mainland coastal zone of the Caribbean

Front 41

Which of the following islands is NOT part of the Greater Antilles?

Back 41

Bahamas

Front 42

The Caribbean region lies on four different tectonic plates?

Back 42

True.

Front 43

Languages:

Suriname?

Guyana?

French Guyana/Haiti?

Cuba/DR/Puerto Rico?

Back 43

Dutch

English

French

Spanish

Front 44

Japanese people migrated to Latin America to work in the coffee and sugar plantations and mines?

Back 44

False

Front 45

What is El Nino?

Back 45

a distinctive weather pattern

Front 46

Nunavut is the most recently formed Canadian territory and is home to the Inuit people?

Back 46

True

Front 47

Beneath which part of the US is its largest aquifer, the Ogallala Aquifer, located?

Back 47

The Great Plains