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BHSWG- Human Geography terms- part 2

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Materials on or in the earth—such as trees, fish, or coal—that have economic value.   NATURAL RESOURCES  
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These resources can be replaced through natural processes. Examples include trees and seafood.   RENEWABLE RESOURCES  
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These resources cannot be replaced once they have been removed from the ground. Examples include different precious metals and fossil fuels.   NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES  
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These resources, which are used for producing power, are the result of solar or planetary processes and are unlimited in quantity. They include sunlight, geothermal heat, winds, and tides.   INEXAUSTIBLE ENERGY SOURCES  
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Having no direct outlet to the sea   LANDLOCKED  
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The study of how people use space in cities.   URBAN GEOGRAPHY  
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The dramatic rise in the number of cities and the changes in lifestyle that result; the movement of people from rural areas to an urban setting   URBANIZATION  
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These are areas with large populations and are often centers of business and culture, as well as the birthplace of innovation and change in a society.   CITIES  
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The city, its suburbs, and exurbs link together economically to form a functional area.   METROPOLITAN AREA  
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Political units touching the borders of the central city or touching other suburbs that touch the city.   SUBURBS  
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The core of a city, which is almost always based on commercial activity   CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT  
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A basic land use pattern that includes single-family housing and apartment buildings   RESIDENTIAL  
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A basic land use pattern that includes areas reserved for manufacturing of goods   INDUSTRIAL  
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A basic land use pattern that is used for private business and the buying and selling of retail products   COMMERCIAL  
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Consists of the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems   INFRASTRUCTURE  
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large groups of languages having similar roots   LANGUAGE FAMILIES  
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many different countries that have certain traits in common   CULTURE REGION  
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those having significant technology & manufacturing such as the United States   DEVELOPED COUNTRY  
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those working towards greater manufacturing and technology; agriculture remains the dominant industry   DEVELOPING COUNTRY  
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spread of industry   INDUSTRIALIZATION  
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removal of trade barriers so that goods can freely flow between countries (ex. NAFTA, EU, WTO)   FREE TRADE  
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gives all key powers to the national or central government; local governments have limited power (ex. UK)   UNITARY SYSTEM  
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divides powers of government between national and state governments (ex. USA)   FEDERAL SYSTEM  
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any system of government in which the power and authority to rule belong to a single individual; oldest and one of the most common forms   AUTOCRACY  
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any system of government in which a small group holds power, which is derived from wealth, military power, social position, or a combination of   OLIGARCHY  
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the release of unclean or impure elements into the air, water, or land   POLLUTION  
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slums; makeshift communities on the edge of the city; extreme poverty   SHANTYTOWN  
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people who flee to a foreign country for safety   REFUGEE  
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expelling or killing of rival ethnic groups in an area   ETHNIC CLEANSING  
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countries that have tax-supported programs for education, health care, social security (ex. Sweden or UK)   WELFARE STATE  
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economic system in which business leaders used profits to expand their companies; under this system, new classes of people emerged like the middle class merchants & working class factory workers   INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM  
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small scale business that employs workers in their homes   COTTAGE INDUSTRY  
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goods needed for everyday life   CONSUMER GOODS  
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the change to private ownership of government owned companies & industries   PRIVITIZATION  
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belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country; loyalty or pide in one's culture or region   NATIONALISM  
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ban on trade   EMBARGO  
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economic goods   COMMODITIES  
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voting rights for all adult citizens regardless of race or gender   UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE  
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chain of closely linked metropolitan areas; continuous urban strip (ex. Boston to Washington DC)   MEGALOPOLIS  
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in the city   URBAN  
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in the country   RURAL  
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using resources at a rate that does not deplete them for future generations   SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT  
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the spreading development of nuclear weapons   NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION  
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having a population of the same ethnic group   HOMOGENEOUS  
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when a country's exports exceed its imports   TRADE SURPLUS  
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when a country imports more goods than it exports   TRADE DEFICIT  
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mass killing of a group of people (ex. Jews in Europe or Cambodians in the 1970s)   GENOCIDE  
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urban area that serves as country's major port, economic center, and often its capital city   PRIMATE CITY  
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neutral territory between rival powers   BUFFER STATE  
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