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Ch 1 Geo
vocab
Term | Definition |
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Borderland | general term for linear zone that parallels a political boundry |
Transition zone | an area of change where peripheries of two adjacent realms or regions join. gradual shift |
physiographic region | a region within which there prevails substantial natural-landscape homogeneity |
continentality | variation of the continental effect on air temperatures in the interior portions if the world's landmasses |
rain shadow effect | relative dryness in areas downwind of mountain ranges resulting in orographic precipitation |
federation | a country adhering to a political framework wherein a central government represents the various subnational entities within a nation-state where they have common interests but own identities |
aquifier | an underground reservoir of water containing a porous water bearing rock layer |
Fossil fuel | The energy resources of coal, natural gas, and petroleum |
Urban system | A hierarchy network or grouping of urban areas within a finite geographic area |
American Manufacturing Belt | North America's near rectangular core area, whose corners are Boston, Milwaukee, St Louis, and Baltimore |
Distribution center | centralized focus of economic activity specializing in the distribution of goods, situated as a major hub on its regional transportation network |
intermodal connections | facilities and activities related to the transfer of goods in transit from one transportation mode to another |
outer city | non-central-city portion of American metropolis |
deindustrialization | process by which companies relocate manufacturing jobs to other regions or countries with cheaper labor |
central business district | downtown heart of a central city |
information economy | the new postindustrial economy that is maturing in the most highly advanced countries of North America, Europe, and the Pacific rim |
gps | the orbiting-satellite-based navigation system that provides locational and time information |
gentrification | the upgrading of an older residential area through private reinvestment, usually in the downtown area of a central city |
neighborhood effect | the impact of one's neighborhood on an individual's outlook, aspirations, socialization, and life chances |
residential geography | spatial distribution of a residential population |
sunbelt | southern tier of the U.S. which is anchored by California, Texas, and Florida |
migration | change in residence intended to be permanent |
electoral geography | spatial distribution of political preferences as expressed in voting behavior for political parties and/or candidates |
melting pot | traditional characterization of American society as a blend of numerous immigrant ethnic groups that over time were assimilated into a single societal mainstream |
first nations | Canada's indigenous people of American descent |
world-city | large city with significant international (economic) linkages that also has a high ranking in the global urban system |
technopole | planned techno-industrial complex that innovates, promotes, and manufactures the products of the postindustrial information economy |
pacific rim | group of countries and components of countries sharing the following criteria: face Pacific ocean, exhibit relatively high levels of economic development, industrialization, and urbanization, and their imports/exports mainly move across pacific waters |
tar sands | main source of oil from non-liquid petroleum reserves |
boreal forest | subarctic, most coniferous snowforest that blankets Canada south of the tundra that lines the arctic shore (taiga in russia) |