North America
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| show | An area of spatial change where the peripheries of two adjacent realms or regions join; marked by a gradual shift (rather than a sharp break) in the characteristics that distinguish these neighboring geographic entities from one another.
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| show | A region within which there prevails substantial natural-landscape homogeneity, expressed by a certain degree of uniformity in surface relief, climate, vegetation, and soils.
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| show | The variation of the continental effect on air temperatures in the interior portions of the world’s landmasses. The greater the distance from the moderating influence of an ocean, the greater the extreme in summer and winter temperatures.
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| show | 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.
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| Aquifer | show 🗑
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| show | The energy resources of coal, natural gas, and petroleum (oil), so named collectively because they were formed by the geologic compression and transformation of tiny plant and animal organisms.
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| show | North America’s near-rectangular core area, whose corners are Boston, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Baltimore.
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| show | A centralized focus of economic activity specializing in the distribution of goods. Examples are Atlanta, Georgia, with its outstanding highway, rail, and air connections to the surrounding southeastern U.S,
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| show | The non-central-city portion of the American metropolis; no longer “sub” to the “urb,” this outer ring was transformed into a full-fledged city during the late twentieth century.
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| show | By which companies relocate manufacturing jobs to other regions or countries with cheaper labor. Leaving the newly-deindustrialized region to convert to a service economy while struggling with the accompanying effects of increased unemployment.
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| show | The downtown heart of a central city; marked by high land values, a concentration of business and commerce, and the clustering of the tallest buildings.
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| show | The new, increasingly dominant, postindustrial economy that is maturing in the most highly advanced countries of North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Here, traditional industry is being eclipsed by a higher-technology.
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| show | The orbiting-satellite-based navigation system that provides locational and time information, anywhere on or near the Earth’s surface where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.
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| Generification | show 🗑
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| Neighborhood effect | show 🗑
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| Residential Geography | show 🗑
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| show | The popular name given to the southern tier of the United States, which is anchored by the mega-States of California, Texas, and Florida. Its warmer climate, superior recreational opportunities.
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| Electoral Geography | show 🗑
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| show | Traditional characterization of American society as a blend of numerous immigrant ethnic groups that over time were assimilated into a single societal mainstream.
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| show | Name given Canada’s indigenous peoples of American descent, whose U.S. counterparts are called Native Americans.
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| show | A large city with particularly significant international (economic) linkages that also has a high ranking in the global urban system. Leading world-cities include London, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Paris.
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| Pacific Rim | show 🗑
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| show | The main source of oil from non-liquid petroleum reserves. The oil is mixed with sand and requires massive open-pit mining as well as a costly, complicated process to extract it.
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