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Chapter 2

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show A country’s largest city—ranking atop its urban hierarchy—most expressive of the national culture and usually (but not in every case) the capital city as well.  
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Indigenous   show
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NAFTA   show
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Borderland   show
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show modern industrial plants in Mexico’s U.S. border zone. foreign factories assemble imported raw materials, and then export finished manufactures,to United States. bringing jobs- Mexico, the advantages of low wage rates to the foreign entrepreneurs.  
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show A narrow isthmian link between two large landmasses. They are temporary features—at least when measured in geologic time—subject to appearance and disappearance as the land or sea level rises and falls.  
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show A set of islands grouped closely together, usually elongated into a chain.  
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show The most frequent pathway followed by tropical storms and hurricanes over the past 150 years in their generally westward movement across the Caribbean Basin.  
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Altitudinal donation   show
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show The clearing and destruction of tropical rainforests in order to make way for expanding settlement frontiers and the exploitation of new economic opportunities  
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show Heartland, source area, or innovation center; place of origin of a major culture.  
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Mestizo   show
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Hacienda   show
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show A large estate owned by an individual, family, or corporation and organized to produce a cash crop. Almost all plantations were established within the tropics; in recent decades, many have been divided into smaller holdings or reorganized as cooperatives.  
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show The degree of direct linkage between a particular location and other locations within a regional, national, or global transportation network.  
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Small-island developing economics   show
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show The economic benefits of forging supranational partnerships among three or more countries. The European Union (EU) is the prototype; NAFTA and CARICOM are examples in the Middle American realm.  
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show The savings that accrue from large-scale production wherein the unit cost of manufacturing decreases as the level of operation enlarges. Supermarkets operate on this principle and are able to charge lower prices than small grocery stores.  
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Acculturation   show
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Transculturation   show
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Ejidos   show
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Biodiversity hot spot   show
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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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show One that smoothly integrates different surface transportation modes. The shipping depends on fast and efficient transfers: can be stacked on the decks and in the holds of ships as well as attaching to flatbed railcars and trailer trucks.  
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Social stratification   show
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Mulatto   show
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