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19 Cards in this Set
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Archipelago |
A chain of islands. Example: Indonesia.
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Balkanization
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The fragmentation of a region into smaller pieces, hostile political units. Example: Eastern Europe.
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Centrifugal Forces
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Forces that tend to divide a country
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Centripetal Forces
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Forces that tend to bind a country
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Devolution
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The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.
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Economic Geography
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The field of geography that focuses on the diverse ways in which people earn a living.
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Formal Region
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Also known as uniform or homogeneous region. Example: corn field.
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Functional Region
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Also known as nodal or focal region. A region that focuses on a central core and its suburbs.
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Geography (Greek term)
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To write or describe about the earth.
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Geographic realm
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The basic spatial unit in our world regionalization scheme. For example, North America, South America, East Asia, etc.
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Megacity
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The world’s most heavily populated cities.
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Physical Geography
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The study of the geography of the physical world.
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Population distribution
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The way people have arranged themselves in geographic space.
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Primate city
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The largest city of a country. Example: Mexico city.
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Regional Geography
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Approach to geographic study based on the spatial unit of the region.
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Shatter Belt
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An area between stronger, colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals.
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Relative location
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The location of a place in relation to other places. The same as “situation”.
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Supranationalism
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A venture involving three or more states -- political, economic, and cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives.
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Systematic Geography: Same as Topical geography |
cultural, political, economic geography, and the like. |
