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The European Realm

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Transition zone   show
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Geographic information system (GIS)   show
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show A representation of a unit of terrain obtained from remote sensing imagery.  
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Land hemisphere   show
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City-state   show
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Local functional specialization   show
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show The term applied to the social and economic changes in agriculture, commerce, and especially manufacturing and urbanization that resulted from technological innovations and greater specialization in late-eighteenth-century Europe.  
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show Controlling power and influence over a territory, especially by the government of an autonomous state over the people it rules.  
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Nation-state   show
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show Legally a term encompassing all the citizens of a state, it also has other connotations. Most definitions now tend to refer to a group of tightly knit people possessing bonds of language, ethnicity, religion, and other shared cultural attributes.  
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show The major world language family that dominates the European geographic realm. This language family is also the most widely dispersed globally (Fig. G-8), and about half of humankind speaks one of its languages.  
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show Exists when two regions, through an exchange of raw materials and/or finished products, can specifically satisfy each other’s demands.  
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Transferability   show
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Central business district (CBD)   show
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Centrifugal forces   show
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Centripetal forces   show
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show A venture involving three or more states—political, economic, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives.  
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show The 19 countries (as of mid-2016) whose official currency is the euro.  
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show A bounded (non-island) piece of territory that is part of a particular state but lies separated from it by the territory of another state.  
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show Rhône-Alpes (France), Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Catalonia (Spain), and Lombardy (Italy). Each is a high-technology-driven region marked by exceptional industrial vitality and economic success not only within Europe but on the global scene as well.  
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show The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.  
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Asylum   show
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show A sovereign state that contains a minuscule land area and population. They do not have the attributes of “complete” states, but are on the map as tiny yet independent entities nonetheless.  
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show A hierarchical network or grouping of urban areas within a finite geographic area, such as a country.  
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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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Site   show
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Situation   show
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show The widening mouth of a river as it reaches the sea; land subsidence or a rise in sea level has overcome the tendency to form a delta.  
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show General term used to identify a large multimetropolitan complex formed by the coalescence of two or more major urban areas.  
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Landlocked location   show
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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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Metropolis   show
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Break-of-bulk   show
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show A place, usually a port city, where goods are imported, stored, and transshipped; a break-of-bulk point.  
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Shatter belt   show
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Balkanization   show
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show A policy of cultural extension and potential political expansion by a state aimed at a community of its nationals living in a neighboring state.  
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Schengen Area (part 1)   show
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Schengen Area (part 2)   show
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