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List of vocab for AP Human Geography exam

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Ecumene   show
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Supranationalism   show
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Devolution   show
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Centripetal Force   show
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Centrifugal Force   show
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Nation   show
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show An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs  
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Nation-State   show
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show States in which 2 or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination coexist  
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show The position of anything on Earth's surface which can be described using toponym, site, situation, or mathematical grid  
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Toponym, Site, Situation, Absolute   show
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Place   show
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Region   show
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Diffusion   show
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show Geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships  
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Fundamental geographic question   show
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Mental Mapping   show
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Gould & White   show
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show The result of the modification of the natural landscape by human activities (first defined by Carl Saeur)  
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show Whittlesey's concept that successive societies leave their cultural imprint on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape  
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show Term for the size of an area studied from local to global  
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show The relationship of a map size to the real-world  
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Eratosthenes   show
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Hipparchus   show
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Humbolt & Ritter   show
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show The scientific study of the locations of people and activities across Earth's surface and the reasons for their distribution  
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show The scientific study of where and why human activities are located where they are  
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Cartography   show
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show Transferring the image of the globe onto a flat sheet of paper  
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show Distortions created by map projections  
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show Map projection formed by placing a cylinder around a globe - Useful for sea travel  
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show Type of map that shows cities, provinces, counties, and countries  
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show Type of map that shows physical features  
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show Type of map that shows differences in elevation, usually using isolines  
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show Type of map that uses various colors to show the variations in the levels of certain characteristics  
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Dot Distribution   show
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show Gathering of data from satellites for cartographic purposes  
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show Computer systems that process geographic data, usually to make layered maps (thematic layers) showing the correlation between various characteristics  
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show The tiny areas recorded by satellite sensors used in GIS  
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Global Positioning Systems (GPS)   show
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Cultural Ecology   show
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Environmental Determinism   show
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Possibilism   show
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Anthropogenic   show
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Sustainability   show
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Toponym   show
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show The physical characteristics of a place  
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Situation   show
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show Mathematical or grid location such as formed by latitude and longitude or townships and ranges  
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Longlot System   show
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show Frequency of a characteristic in a given locale  
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Concentration   show
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Pattern   show
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show The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group of people's distinct traditions  
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show 3 parts into which cultural regions are divided according to Donald Meinig  
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Formal Region   show
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show A region in which the characteristic(s) radiates from a node  
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Distance Decay   show
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Friction of Distance   show
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show Term for the reduction in time it takes for something to diffuse to a distance place  
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show A perceived region such as "downtown"  
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Vernacular Region   show
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Idiographic   show
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show Facts and features that are universal  
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show The interdependence of places which occurs through networks in which people, ideas, and goods move between places  
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show Something becoming worldwide in scope  
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show Cultural borrowing that occurs when different cultures of approximately equal complexity and technological level come in close contact  
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show Change in a less developed society that results from contact with a more developed society  
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Assimilation   show
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Diffusion   show
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Hearth   show
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show Movement of a characteristic through the movement of people  
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show Permanent relocation diffusion  
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Hierarchical Diffusion   show
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Contagious Diffusion   show
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show Diffusion of an underlying principle rather than the intended feature  
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Maquiladora   show
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)   show
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show The area in North Mexico with a lower population density  
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show Scientific study of population  
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Carrying Capacity   show
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Overpopulation   show
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Physiological Density   show
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Agricultural Density   show
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show Total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in an area  
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show Total number of deaths in a year for every 1000 people alive in an rea  
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Natural Increase Rate (NIR)   show
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show Average number of children born to a woman in an area  
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Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)   show
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show The number of years it takes the population to double  
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Demographic Transition   show
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show Formula used to predict how much a population will grow (Population + Births - Deaths + Immigration - Emigration)  
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show Location of the geographic population center of the U.S. today called the centroid  
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Population Pyramid (Age/Sex Graph)   show
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Dependency Ratio   show
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show The number of males per 100 females in an area  
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Thomas Malthus   show
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Boserup Hypothesis   show
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show China's anti-natalist policy  
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show The change in the principle causes of death over time  
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Model "S" Curve   show
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show The movement of people from place to place  
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Activity Space   show
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show Reoccurring mobility  
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Seasonal Mobility   show
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show Formulated the 11 Laws of Migration  
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Emigration   show
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Push Factors   show
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show Migration to a place  
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Pull Factors   show
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Net Migration   show
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Intraregional Migration   show
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show Migration from region to region  
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show Migration from country to country  
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show Zelinsky's explanation of migration patterns that correspond to the stages of demographic transition  
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show The process in which members of a family or a particular group migrate to the same locale  
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Eco-Migration   show
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Okies   show
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Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)   show
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show 1986 Act of the U.S. congress that set up a procedure for allowing undocumented workers to become citizens and the stricter documentation of workers  
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Visa   show
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Guest Workers   show
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Brain Drain   show
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Mariel Boatlift   show
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show Name that the Long Expedition gave to the Southern Great Plains in the U.S.  
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Rust Belt   show
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Komsomols   show
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Urbanization   show
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show Interregional migration to the outlying communities around a city  
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show Interregional migration to rural areas  
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Step Migration   show
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Intervening Opportunity   show
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An Intervening Obstacle   show
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Colonia   show
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Tobler's First Law of Geography   show
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show A model used to predict spatial interaction, where size (population) is directly related to interaction and distance is inversely related to interaction  
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show William J Reilly's explanation of the fact that larger cities have larger trade areas (retail hinderlands)  
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Breaking Point   show
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show A well-defined migration channel fro ma specific origin to a particular destination  
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United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)   show
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Eritrea   show
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights   show
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show Highly efficient method of shipping that uses steel boxes to ship goods that are easily transferred from ship to rail to truck  
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Four Asian Dragons   show
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show Chinese government policy regarding Hong Kong  
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Map Aggregation   show
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Primary Map Data   show
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Secondary Map Data   show
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show Type of map that uses a symbol in varying sizes to show the magnitude of a characteristic  
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show The fusion of two distinctive cultural traits into a unique hybrid trait such as the blending of Islam and Hinduism in the Sikh Faith  
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Customs   show
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show Man's imprint on the natural landscape  
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show Customs of small homogeneous rural groups that remain unique through relative isolation; varies mostly with place  
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show Customs of a large heterogeneous group that diffuse widely, creating a uniform landscape; varies mostly with time  
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TV   show
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show The continuous flow and return flow of migrants from a particular place to a particular place  
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show Innovations (or diseases) that are less (or more) accessible to people of certain gender, class, age, or ethnicity  
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show A functional urban area of at least 50,000 in the U.S.  
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Scatter Plot   show
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Language Divergence   show
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Language Convergence   show
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show An inverted language of the twentieth century based on Latin that was intended to become a world language  
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Language   show
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Literary Tradition   show
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Mandarin Chinese   show
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show Language most widely (spatially) spoken  
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Lingua Franca   show
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show A collection languages related through a common ancestor that existed before recorded history (ex. Indo-European)  
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show A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past (ex. West Germanic)  
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show A variation of a language spoken in a particular region or by a particular group (e.g. American Midland South)  
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show Largest language family  
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show Language branch to which English belongs  
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Balto-Slavic   show
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Cyrillic   show
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Farsi   show
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Sino-Tibetan   show
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show Hungarian language  
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Uralic   show
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Relocation Diffusion (Migration)   show
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show Origin of the English Language  
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Middle English   show
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Latin   show
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Vulgar Latin   show
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show Everyday languages spoken by the people in an area  
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Proto Indo-European   show
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Conquests   show
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Russia/Kazakhstan   show
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show Method of diffusion of the indo-European languages according to the Anatolian Hearth Theory  
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show Hearth of the Indo-European languages according to the Anatolian Hearth Theory  
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show The location in Europe where Basque is spoken  
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show A recognized or official language in an area  
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show The official language of the United States  
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show A word-usage boundary  
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Creolized Language   show
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British Received Pronunciation (BRP)   show
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show Latin American name for the Spanish spoken in Spain  
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Extinct Languages   show
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Hebrew   show
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Elizer Ben-Yehuda   show
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Celtic   show
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French & Flemish   show
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show Languages of Switzerland  
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show Language of Quebec  
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show Simplified form of a language used by non-native speakers  
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show African-American dialect  
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show Diffusion of English into French  
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Spanglish   show
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Fundamentalism   show
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show The movement to reestablish Israel in the modern world  
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show Three territories over which the Palestinians have some autonomy  
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show Founder of modern Turkey  
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show Body of water that separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey  
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Roman Catholicism   show
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show Cluster of a particular group, such as the Poles in Detroit  
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Exclave   show
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Ghetto   show
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Segregation Index   show
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Social Distance   show
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Spatial Convergence   show
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show Segregation between two factors (groups)  
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Universalizing Religion   show
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show A religion which has a mandate to convert others  
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Ethnic Religion   show
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show Monotheistic religion that developed in Southwest Asia about 3500 years ago  
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Christianity   show
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Islam   show
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show A major division within a religion, such as Protestant  
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Denomination   show
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Sect   show
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show Largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.  
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Mormons   show
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show Arabic word for peace  
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Muslim   show
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show Arabic word for God  
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show Five Pillars of Faith  
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Ramadan   show
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show Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah (Mecca)  
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Sunni, Shiites/Shia   show
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show Muslim sect founded in Detroit  
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Elijah Muhammad   show
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show Founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity  
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Siddhartha Gautama   show
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"Enlightened One"   show
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show Buddha's search for enlightenment  
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show Result of Buddha's Great Renunciation  
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Nirvana   show
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8-Fold Path   show
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Mahayana   show
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Theravada   show
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show Branch of Buddhism traditionally dominant in Tibet and Mongolia  
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Dalai Lama   show
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show Two countries in which 99% of Hindus live  
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show Aryan religious texts upon which Hinduism is based  
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show The creator god in Hinduism  
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Vishnu   show
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Siva/Shiva   show
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Social Order   show
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show Birthplace of Confucius  
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Li   show
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show Founder of Daoism  
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show Means of achieving harmony in society according to Daoism  
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Taiwan   show
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show Placement of buildings and objects within buildings in patterns that are in harmony with nature - LIterally means "wind-water"  
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Shinto   show
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show Japanese dynasty that made Shinto the official religion - A political cult developed in which the emperor was seen as divine  
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Ethical Monotheism   show
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U.S., Israel   show
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Animism   show
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show Founder of Christianity  
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Bethlehem   show
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show First four books of the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John - About the life and teachings of Jesus  
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show The atonement for Christians' sins  
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show Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Extreme Unction, Matrimony, Holy Orders  
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Great Schism   show
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Eastern Orthodoxy   show
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Martin Luther   show
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show Answer to Martin Luther's burning question  
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Sarah   show
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Hagar   show
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show Founder of Islam - Considered to be the last and greatest prophet of God  
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Gabriel   show
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Quran (Koran)   show
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show Muhammad's emigration to Yathrib in 622  
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Medina   show
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show Birthplace of Prince Siddhartha  
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Dravidians   show
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show Hearth of Christianity  
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Temporary Relocation Diffusion   show
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show Christianity's diffusion (type) through contact between believers and non-believers  
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show Christianity's diffusion (type) through leaders requiring their subjects to adopt Christianity  
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show Christianity's diffusion (type) through the migration of believers  
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Saudi Arabia   show
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Conquest & Missionaries   show
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Asoka   show
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South Asia   show
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Sri Lanka   show
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show Forced dispersion of the Jews in 70 A.D.  
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Bodh Gaya   show
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show Birthplace of Muhammad  
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show Housed in the Shrine al-Haram al-Sharif in Makkah - It represents the concept of monotheism  
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show Source of the Ganges River where Siva lives  
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Dome of the Rock   show
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Church of the Holy Sepulcher   show
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Western Wall   show
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Natural Events   show
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show What universalizing religious holidays are usually based on  
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show Jewish New Years  
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show Jewish Day of Atonement  
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Easter   show
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Gregorian   show
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show Type of calendar used by the Eastern Orthodox Church  
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show Type of calendar used in Islam  
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show Muslim public meeting place  
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Minarets   show
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Temples   show
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show Buddhist buildings containing relics believed to be part of Buddha's body or clothing  
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show Fundamentalism group that took control of Afghanistan after the Soviet Army withdrew from the country  
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show Fixed social class system in India (historic)  
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show Identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth  
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Race   show
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Racism   show
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Color   show
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Discrimination   show
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show Race absent from the 2000 Census (because it is not a race)  
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show U.S. Supreme Court decision that established the doctrine of separate but equal  
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show U.S. segregation laws  
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Brown vs. Board of Education   show
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show Taking advantage of "white flight" by buying property from whites who are fearful of blacks moving into their neighborhoods/future lowering of property values and reselling it to blacks at large profits  
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show Legal segregation policy in South Africa  
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Nelson Mandela   show
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Nationality   show
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show Two principle ethnic/religious groups in South Asia  
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Mahatma Gandhi   show
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Kashmir   show
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Multiethnic State   show
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Multinational State   show
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show Region in Azerbaijan in which the majority of people are Armenian Christians who would rather be part of Armenia  
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Sudan   show
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Somalia   show
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Lebanon   show
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show The three principle ethnic groups in Iraq  
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show Two principle ethnic groups in Sri Lanka  
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Camp David Accords   show
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Ethnic Cleansing   show
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Tito   show
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Balkanization   show
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show Two rival ethnic groups in Central Africa that have engaged in ethnic cleansing  
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show World's most fragmented state - It also has the highest number of Muslims  
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show Government program in Indonesia that provides incentives for people to move from densely populated islands to less densely populated ones  
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Bali   show
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Malay, Chinese, Indians   show
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Bumiputera   show
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Ethnic Islands   show
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Longevity Gap   show
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show A city neighborhood which is predominantly occupied by Latinos  
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show Region caught between stronger, colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress and often fragmented by aggressive rivals - Eastern Europe is an example  
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show That part of the cultural landscape that can be attributed to a particular ethnic group  
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Ethnocentrism   show
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Edge Cities   show
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show Development that occurs well beyond the limits of the current urbanized area, usually to take advantage of less expensive land  
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Mixed Use Development   show
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New Urbanism   show
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Infill Development   show
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Political Geography   show
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State   show
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38th Parallel   show
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Taiwan   show
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show Only large landmass not a part of a sovereign state  
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show Largest state  
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show Smallest UN member  
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show Height of political unity in the ancient world  
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Colonialism   show
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show Control of an inhabited territory organized by indigenous people  
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US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico   show
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show State shape in which the distance from the center does not vary significantly, such as Poland  
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show Namibia's state shape  
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Access to a Resource, Separation of 2 States   show
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show Chile's state shape; long and narrow  
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Fragmented   show
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show South Africa's state shape  
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show An area between two states that is not completely controlled by either  
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Green Line (not a frontier)   show
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Aozou Strip   show
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Straight Line   show
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show International agreement that sets national offshore claims at 12 miles and the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) at 200 miles  
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Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia   show
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Russian Federation   show
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show Independence-minded Russian territory in the northern Caucasus region  
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show System of government in which most power rests with the central government  
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Federal   show
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Gerrymandering   show
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show Type of gerrymandering in which a group is broken up so it is ia minority in many districts  
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show Type of gerrymandering in which pockets of a particular group are packed into as few districts as possible  
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show Type of gerrymandering in which pockets of a particular group are linked together  
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show Organization replaced by the UN  
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show Term for the world of the Cold War which pitted NATO against the Warsaw Pact  
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show The formation of alliances of approximately equal military power that tends to prevent conflict  
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show International organization of American states that promotes social, cultural, and economic links  
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Organization of African Unity (OAU)   show
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show Organization of 48 states that were once a part of the British Empire that promotes economic and cultural cooperation  
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show Economic alliance of communist countries that was disbanded in the 1990s  
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)   show
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show Organization of countries that export large amounts of petroleum - By controlling worldwide supply, it influences prices  
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European Union (EU)   show
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show Common currency of many EU member countries  
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Terrorism   show
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show Terrorist group responsible for the attacks in the U.S. on 9/11/2001  
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Iraq, Iran, North Korea   show
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Taliban   show
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show The study of the interplay between political relations and the territorial context in which they occur  
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show Geopolitical theory that states that states need to grow or they will die  
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show Geopolitical theory that identifies a political power base in the heart of Eurasia which will eventually dominate the entire world  
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Rimland Theory   show
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show A core-periphery model of the spatial distribution of economic power – The core is made up of the strong states and the periphery is made up of the weak states  
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show Factors that influence the breakup of a state from within  
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show Enclave of a nation into a territory of another state  
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Nation-Building   show
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show Forced dispersion of the Jews by the Babylonians and later by the Romans in which they were routed from their traditional homeland and forced to live among the other nations of the world  
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show A state's geographic shape which can have a decisive impact on its spatial cohesion and political viability  
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Forward Capital   show
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show A boundary drawn during the course of development of the cultural landscape  
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show Forcibly drawn boundary across a unified cultural landscape  
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show A boundary that has ceased to function but whose imprints are still evident on the cultural landscape  
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show Conference in which the European powers decided upon the rules for colonizing Africa  
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Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)   show
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show The largest population cluster of a nation-state  
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show The deliberate modification of Earth's surface through the Cultivation of plants and the rearing of animals to obtain sustenance or economic gain  
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show Person who developed the Multiple Hearths Theory of Agriculture  
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show Purpose of subsistence agriculture  
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Sale   show
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show Person who developed the mapping system of agricultural regions  
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Shifting Cultivation   show
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show Type of agriculture practiced in dry climates in less developed regions of the world  
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Intensive Subsistence Farming   show
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Sawah   show
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show Type of agriculture practiced in LDCs in which specialty crops are grown by companies owned by MDCs or export to MDCs  
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Mixed Crop & livestock   show
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Milkshed   show
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Wheat   show
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Livestock Ranching   show
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Winter Wheat   show
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Spring Wheat   show
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Reaping, Threshing, Cleaning   show
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show Type of agriculture practiced in Southern Europe which often includes horticulture  
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show Thesis that states that population growth leads to the development of new farming methods and increased production  
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show Core-periphery model of agriculture that explains the pattern of the distribution of various agricultural activities based on land costs (rent) and transportation costs  
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Value of Yield & Transportation Cost   show
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show Farming methods that preserve long-term productivity of land and minimizes pollution, typically by rotating soil-restoring crops with cash crops and reducing inputs of pesticides and herbicides  
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show The third agricultural revolution in which high-yield seeds were developed and agricultural science and technology was diffused from MDCs to LDCs  
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show Developing crops that can take nitrogen from the air rather than the soil  
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Japan's Rice Bowl   show
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Yamase   show
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show World's largest megalopolis  
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Luxury Crops   show
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Capital-Intensive Agriculture   show
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show The agricultural system of communist countries in which the government controls production and distribution  
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show A measure of how much distance discourages movement between places, based on time, energy, or cost that must be expended  
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show Growing crops on water in limited space  
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Debt-for-Nature Swap   show
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Sidewalk Farmer   show
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show A farmer who lives in an urban area during most of the year, but lives on the farm during planting and harvest times  
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Development   show
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show The extent to which a society makes effective use of its resources, both human and natural  
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show The measure devised in 1990 which is used to compare the relative development of countries and regions  
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show Highest possible HDI  
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United Nations   show
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Economic, Social, Demographic   show
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per Capita   show
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Literacy Rates, Education Level   show
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Life Expectancy   show
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Primary Sector   show
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show Economic sector that includes manufacturing  
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show Economic sector that includes the provision of goods and services and information processing  
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Cars, Phones, TVs   show
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Self-Sufficiency Model   show
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show Approach to economic development that focuses on unique assets and their global trade to generate capital to improve the overall economy  
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show Traditional Society, Preconditions for Take-Off, Take-Off, Drive to Maturity, Age of Mass Consumption  
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Wallerstein's World Systems Model   show
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show Comparison measure calculated using income, literacy, education ,and life expectancy differences in the male and female populations  
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show Comparions measure calculated using variations in the economic and political inclusion of the female populations in different areas (first emphasized internationally in the 1990s)  
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World Trade Organization (WTO)   show
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Swidden   show
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show The level of development that can be maintained in a country without depleting resources to the extent that future generations will be unable to achieve a comparable level of development  
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show Inventor of the first practical steam engine  
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Cottage Industry   show
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show Frist industries of the Industrial Revolution  
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Clustered   show
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Special Economic Zones   show
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1970s   show
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show Three major trading blocks  
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show Theory that predicts where a business will or should be located  
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show Explanation of the optimal location of a factory as one that minimizes the costs of the transportation of raw material and finished goods as well as labor  
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show Theory that states that competitors will attempt to maximize sales by constraining each other's sales territories by moving closer to one another until they are back-to-back  
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Footloose Industry   show
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show Industries that are ideally located near their input materials  
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Just-In-Time (JIT)   show
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Land, Labor, Capital   show
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show Zones in many LDCs which attract foreign investment that include easy access to distribution facilities, tax exemptions, and lack strict environmental regulations  
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show System of manufacturing that uses assembly lines in which workers perform the same task over and over  
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Post-Fordist   show
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show Industries that sell primarily outside their regions  
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Non-Basic Industries   show
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show The effect of adding basic industries creating jobs for both basic and non-basic industries  
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show Location of services  
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Near Customers   show
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Consumer, Business, Public   show
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Clustered Rural Settlements   show
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show Geographic model that explains the distributions of services and the regular pattern of settlements in many MDCs  
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Walter Christaller   show
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show Market centers that are centrally located and compete with each other  
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show Nodal region surrounding a central place in which the central place provides services  
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Hexagons   show
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Range & Threshold   show
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show Maximum distance people will travel for a service  
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show Minimum number of people needed to support a service  
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High-Order Central Place   show
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Low-Order Central Place   show
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Market Area Analysis   show
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show The location that will minimize the distance to a service for the largest number of customers - Used in a market area analysis  
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Rank-Size Rule   show
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show Hierarchical pattern of the distribution of cities in which the largest city is more than twice the size of the second largest city  
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World Cities   show
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show Three Tier 1 World Cities - Major stock-exchanges are located in these cities  
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Command & Control Centers   show
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show Cities that provide relatively unskilled labor and depend on world cities for economic health  
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Central Business District (CBD)   show
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Randstad   show
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show Cities along the edge of the Green Heart in the Netherlands  
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show The movement of businesses out of the city center as costs rise above the agglomeration benefits  
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Bid-Rent Theory   show
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show The spreading of residency into the outlying regions of a city  
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show Approximate fraction of the world's population that lives in urban areas  
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show Principle push factor in urbanization  
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show Principle pull factor in urbanization  
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Social   show
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show A central city in the U.S. of at least 50,000, the county within which the city is located, and the adjacent counties which have a functional connection to the city  
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Gateway Cities   show
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show Cities that have experience population explosions and unplanned growth resulting in pollution ad poverty  
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Megalopolis   show
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Boswash (Core Area of the U.S.)   show
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show Person who identified the U.S. megalopolis, Boswash  
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show German megalopolis  
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show South African megalopolis  
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show City where the three classic models of urban structure were developed  
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"The Loop"   show
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show Sociologist who developed the Concentric Zone Model of Urban Structure  
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show Economist who developed the Sector Model of Urban Structure  
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C.D. Harris & E.L. ullman   show
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Census Tracts   show
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Social Area Analysis   show
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City Center   show
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show Typical suburban dwellings in Europe  
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Pre-Colonial, Colonial, Independence   show
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show The process in which large houses are subdivided to be rented to low-income people  
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Redlining   show
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Gentrification   show
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Annexation   show
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show The concept that land occupancy diminishes as one moves from the core of a city to the periphery  
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show Legislation and regulations which limit sprawl and preserve prime agricultural land  
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Lean Production System   show
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Biomass Fuels   show
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Fossil Fuels   show
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show Abundant orm of petroleum found in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado  
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show Fuel used in nuclear fission  
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show Location of the 1986 nuclear accident  
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show NIMBY  
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show Product (other than electricity) produced by a breeder reactor  
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Hydrogen   show
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show Waste that exceeds the capacity of the environment to accept or absorb it  
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show The threat to the environmental security by human actions such as atmospheric and groundwater pollution, deforestation, oil spills, and ocean dumping  
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Ecotourism   show
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show The most abundant element in the atmosphere  
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Global Warming   show
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Global Warming & Acid Rain   show
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CFCs   show
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show Important function of the ozone layer  
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Montreal Protocol   show
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show International agreement to limit greenhouse gases  
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show Status of the U.S. regarding the Kyoto Protocol  
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Decrease Discharges, Increase Environmental Capacity   show
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PL 480   show
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