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Chapter 2

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primate cities   show
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indigenous   show
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NAFTA   show
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show general term for a linear zone that parallels a political boundary. the most dynamic of these areas, such as those lining the US-Mexico border, are marked by significant cultural and economic interaction across the boundary that separates them.  
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maquiladoras   show
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land bridge   show
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archipelago   show
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hurricane alley   show
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show vertical regions defined by physical-environmental zones at various elevations, particularly in the highlands of South and Middle America.  
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tropical deforestation   show
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culture hearths   show
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show derived from the Latin word for "mixed", refers to a person of mixed European (white) and Amerindian ancestry.  
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show a large estate in a spanish speaking country. sometimes equated with the "plantation", but there are important differences between these two types of agricultural enterprises.  
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plantation   show
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connectivity   show
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small-island developing economics   show
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economics of scale   show
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economic integration   show
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acculturation   show
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transculturation   show
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ejidos   show
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show a much higher than usual, world-class geographic concentration of natural plant and/or animal species. tropical rainforest environments have dominated, but their recent ravaging by deforestation has had catastrophic results.  
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show term referring to financial havens for foreign companies and individuals, who channel their earnings to accounts in such a country (usually an "offshore" island-state) to avoid paying taxes in their home countries.  
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show money earned by emigrants that is sent back to family and friends in their home country, mostly in cash; forms an important part of the economy in poorer countries.  
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intermodal transport systems   show
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show in a layered or stratified society, the population is divided into a hierarchy of social classes. In an industrial society, the working class is at the lower end; elites that possess capital and control that means of production are upper class.  
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mulatto   show
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