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GEO Final

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show Cultural change, generally the reconciliation of two or more culture groups.  
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Ethnicity   show
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Nationality   show
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Race   show
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show The spatial and/or social separation of people by race or ethnicity.  
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show An attempt to complete expunge or remove traces of another population from a place. May or may not relate to genocide.  
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show Area of externally forced and legally-defined ethnic or racial separation.  
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The Pencil Test   show
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show An attempt to complete expunge or remove traces of another population from a place. May or may not relate to genocide.(Chinatown and Little Italy)  
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show A set of laws enforcing racial segregation and disenfranchisement in the southern United States in the poet Civil War era.  
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Environmental Justice   show
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show Real estate lenders would draw on their maps to mark predominantly Black or mixed-race neighborhoods. It was a government policy that happened in the 1930s. Consequences include higher risk of Health issues, Economic issues, and Segregation reinforcing.  
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Define the terms race, ethnicity, and nationality and explain their differences. Name five different racial categories recognized by the U.S. Census.   show
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Terrorism   show
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show The process of redrawing legislative districts in order to benefit the party in power and ensure victory in elections.  
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Nation-state   show
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Colony   show
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show Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines.  
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Different types of government   show
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Balkanization   show
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Redlining   show
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show Compact elongated, and prorupted  
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show A formal region in which the government has sovereignty or control of its own affairs within its territorial boundaries.  
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Stateless nations   show
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Economic and Military associations and organizations   show
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show Physical, geometric, and ethnic  
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What are the two different ways gerrymandering is used in the US political system   show
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show Is a territory that is completely surrounded by the territory of one other state.  
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show Are straight lines that could coincide with latitude or longitude.  
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show They are drawn based on a cultural trait, such as where people share a language or religion.  
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show Are natural features on the landscape such as rivers, lakes, and mountains.  
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show Roundish in shape, with the distance from the middle to the border relatively equal. Efficient because of transportation and communication are efficient.  
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show Long and narrow, with a sliver of land extending far in one direction. Can be difficult to manage cuz of transportation and communication is more difficult.  
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show Compact state with a portion of its boundary extending outward than the other portions. Are designed to give citizens access to specific resource such as a large body of water.  
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show Comprises 28 states and was developed after World War II to counter the threat of the former Soviet Union.  
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Warsaw Pact   show
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show Was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and had several affiliates  
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show Extremist Muslim group that intends to seize as much territory as possible in the Middle East and force their subjects to adhere to their strict version of Islamic fundamentalism.  
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Russia and the Syrian   show
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show This alliance integrates the United States, Mexico and Canada and facilitates the flow of goods and services across borders.  
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show An agreement between 11 countries that border the Pacific Ocean, and originally included the United States.  
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show The river, Rio Grande shiftsgradually,. The fact that the course of a river is not fixed, a river boundary can be problematic.  
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Example of Geometric Boundary   show
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Example of Ethnic Boundary   show
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show An exclave is a part of a state that is geographically separated from the main part by the territory of one or more states.  
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show Enclaves are inner and Exclaves are outer.  
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show A system of trade that removes all ‘artificial’ barriers that otherwise limit exports and exports between countries. Elimination of tariffs, duties, domestic subsidies, or laws that favor one country or company over another.  
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show The branch of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic factors, such as interest rates and national productivity.  
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Opportunity cost   show
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Life expectancy   show
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show A measure of how many children die in any given year compared to 1,000 live births. Countries with low levels of development tend to have high infant mortality.  
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show All of the goods and services produced within a country within a given year. The formula for GDP is Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Net Exports.  
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show Helps us understand the differences in the cost of living and good between the two places, allowing for a more meaningful comparison.  
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GNI (Gross National Income)   show
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show Using data on life expectancy, education and literacy, and income, we can calculate  
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1. Explain the Rostow model   show
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Rostow model   show
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Intergovernmental organizations   show
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show To provide a comprehensive picture of a country's development beyond just economic factors,  
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What three factors are considered when calculating a country's HDI?   show
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Agribusiness   show
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show Commercial, Globalized, Intensive Subsistence, Nontraditional Export, Slash-and-Burn , Subsistence, Sustainable,  
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Terms used to describe health issues due to lack of nutritional food   show
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Green Revolution   show
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show The right of people, communities, and countries to define their own agricultural policies.  
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show Cultural trends originates and spreads  
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Food consumptions   show
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show The use of tools and techniques to study, analyze, and vusyal spatial data.  
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Labor-intensive agriculture   show
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show Periods of significant change in agricultural techniques and practices.  
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Green Revolution   show
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What is the difference in food production methods, between conventional and organic agriculture? Which one is more sustainable and why?   show
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3. Explain the Von Thuenen Model of agricultural activity and the effect of distance from the market on the type of agriculture in each circle.   show
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show The point of transferring from one form of transport to another.  
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Fordism   show
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Taylorism   show
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Post-Fordism   show
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Site   show
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Situation   show
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show A labor market characterized by freelance work.  
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show Post Fordism  
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Bulk-gaining   show
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Bulk-reducing   show
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show Bulk-gaining.  
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Basic business   show
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Non-basic business   show
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Central Place Theory   show
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CBDs (Central Business District)   show
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show Fossil fuels, coal, oil, natural gas  
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Urban services   show
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show A nodal concentration of shopping and office space situated on the outer fringes of metropolitan areas, typically near major highway intersections  
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show A city recording surprising and disturbing changes in economic, social, and cultural life in a short period of time  
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show Using natural resources in a sustainable way so that they are preserved for future generations.  
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show Setting aside areas so that resources are essentially untouched with as little human impact as feasible.  
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the Montreal Protocol   show
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show An area in a body of water, like an ocean or lake, where the level of dissolved oxygen is so low that most aquatic life cannot survive.  
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What is the greenhouse effect   show
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what is the impact of the greenhouse effect on the environment? What are some of the solutions to the problem?   show
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show A resource that is in infinite supply such as solar and wind energy.  
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show A resource that is in finite supply and is depleted by humans.  
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Pro of Renewable energy   show
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Con of Renewable energy   show
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Con of non-renewable energy   show
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show European CBDs tend to have a more pronounced mixture of land uses and a higher population density. The European CBDs often have more historical buildings, narrow streets, and mixed-use developments  
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Commercial Argriculture   show
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show Agriculture increasingly influenced more at the global or regional levels than at national level  
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Intensive Subsistence Agriculture   show
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Nontraditional Agricultural exports:   show
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show A method for obtaining more agricultural land in which fields are cleared (swidden) by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris  
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show Farming designed to grow food only to sustain farmers and their families, consuming most of that they produce without entering into cash economy of the country  
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show The efficient production of safe, high quality agricultural products, in a way that protects and improves the natural environment, the social and economic conditions of farmers, and safeguards the health and welfare of all farmed species  
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Traditional Society   show
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Preconditions for Take-off   show
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show A short period of massive disruptive societal change, in which industrialization accelerates, high profits are reinvested in new technologies, often brought on from external forces.  
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Drive to Maturity   show
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Age of High Mass Consumption   show
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What are the environmental, social, and economic consequences of the Green Revolution?   show
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show Increasing the commitment to organic farming.  
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show Beverage bottle plant. Empty bottles are being transported to the factory, filled with liquid and shipping out is heavier with filled bottles making it more cost-effective  
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show Copper mining and processing. Raw ore is refined into copper making it weigh less and the location is near the source of raw material to minimize transportation costs  
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