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Key: North America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Borderland | land near the border between two countries |
| Physiographic regions | spliting Earth's landforms into distinct regions |
| Rain shadow effect | a dry area on leeward side of a mountainous area. |
| Fossil fuel | fuel formed by natural processes (such as coal or gas) |
| American Manufacturing Belt | emerged as foundation of the North American Core. |
| Outer city | residential area towards the edge of a city |
| Deindustrialization | Loss of manufacturing jobs meant opportunities were found in suburbia |
| Gentrification | land-use changes and urban neighborhood restoration (Raises property values and taxes and displaces former low-income residents with newer, more affluent ones.) |
| Sunbelt | a strip of territory receiving a high amount of sunshine |
| Melting Pot | blended cultures being contested by increasing ethnic and cultural complexity |
| First Nations | Indigenous North Americans (Native Americans) |
| Devolution | The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government |
| Central Business District | commercial and business center of a city. |
| Technopole | high-technology industrial complexes, large deposits of oil and natural gas |
| World-city | Global influence as a cultural and media capital, sprawling megalopolis |