All AP Geography vocab words to study for AP test
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show | Commercial agriculture characterized by the integration of different steps in the food processing industry, usually through owner ship by large corporations.
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Agricultural Revolution | show 🗑
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show | The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain.
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Aquaculture/Aquafarming | show 🗑
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Cereal Grain | show 🗑
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Chaff | show 🗑
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Combine | show 🗑
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show | Agriculture undertaken primarily to generate products for sale off the farm.
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show | Any plant gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season.
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show | The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil.
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Desertification | show 🗑
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Dietary energy consumption | show 🗑
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show | harvesting twice a year from the same field
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food security | show 🗑
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show | seed of a cereal grass
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show | rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high yield seeds and fertilizers
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Horticulture | show 🗑
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show | outer covering of a seed
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show | a form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land
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show | the area surrounding a city from which milk is supplied
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paddy | show 🗑
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pastoral nomadism | show 🗑
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pasture | show 🗑
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show | a large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country
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prime agricultural land | show 🗑
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show | a form of commercial agriculture in which livestock graze over an extensive area
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reaper | show 🗑
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show | a system of planting crops on ridge tops in order to reduce farm production costs and promote greater soil conservation
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Sawah | show 🗑
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show | a form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for crops for a relatively few year and left fallow for a relatively long period.
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slash and burn agriculture | show 🗑
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show | wheat planted in the spring and harvested in the winter
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subsistence agriculture | show 🗑
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show | farming methods that preserve long term productivity of land and minimize pollution, typically by rotating soil restoring crops with cash crops and reducing inputs of fertilizer and pesticides
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show | a patch of land cleared for planting through slashing and burning
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show | to beat out grain from stalks
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transhumance | show 🗑
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truck farming | show 🗑
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show | dietary energy consumption that is continuously below the minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity
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show | rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth
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winnow | show 🗑
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show | wheat planted in the autumn and harvested in the early summer
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abiotic | show 🗑
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atmosphere | show 🗑
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biosphere | show 🗑
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show | composed of living organisms
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show | the science of making maps
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show | the long term average weather condition at a particular location
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concentration | show 🗑
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show | relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space
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conservation | show 🗑
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show | the rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population
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cultural ecology | show 🗑
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show | the fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group
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culture | show 🗑
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show | the frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area
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Diffusion | show 🗑
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distance decay | show 🗑
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show | the arrangement of something across earth's surface
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ecology | show 🗑
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ecosystem | show 🗑
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environmental determinism | show 🗑
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show | the spread of a feature or trend among people form one area to another in an additive process
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formal region | show 🗑
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functional region | show 🗑
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show | the development and analysis of data about earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies
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show | a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
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global positioning system (GPS) | show 🗑
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show | actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
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show | the time in zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude.
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show | the region from which innovative ideas originate.
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show | the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.
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show | a rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their value.
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hydrosphere | show 🗑
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international date line | show 🗑
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show | the numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator
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show | earth's crust and a portion of upper mantle directly below the crust
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show | the position of anything on Earth's surface
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show | the numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of prime meridian
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show | a two dimensional or flat representation of earth's surface or a portion of it
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show | the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the actual feature on earths surface
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mental map | show 🗑
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meridian | show 🗑
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show | a chain of communication that connects places
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nonrenewable resource | show 🗑
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parallel | show 🗑
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pattern | show 🗑
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show | a specific point on earth distinguished by a particular characteristic
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polder | show 🗑
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possibilism | show 🗑
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preservation | show 🗑
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show | the meridian, designated as 0 degrees longitude, that passes through the royal observatory at Greenwich, england
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show | a system used to transfer locations from earths surface on a flat map
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show | an area distinguished by a unique combo of trends and features
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show | an approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area
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relocation diffusion | show 🗑
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show | the acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods
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show | something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans
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resource | show 🗑
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scale | show 🗑
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show | the physical character of a place
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situation | show 🗑
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space | show 🗑
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space time compression | show 🗑
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stimulus diffusion | show 🗑
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sustainability | show 🗑
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toponym | show 🗑
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show | a company that conducts research, operates factories and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located
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show | the increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy
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vernacular region | show 🗑
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Acid deposition | show 🗑
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Acid precipitation | show 🗑
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air pollution | show 🗑
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apparel | show 🗑
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show | the amount of oxygen required by aquatic bacteria to decompose a given load of organ waste;a measure of water pollution
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show | a location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another
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show | an industry in which the final product weighs more or has a bigger volume than the inputs
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show | an industry in which the final product weighs less or has less volume than the inputs
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chlorofluorocarbon | show 🗑
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cottage industry | show 🗑
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ferrous | show 🗑
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fordist production | show 🗑
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greenhouse effect | show 🗑
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industrial revolution | show 🗑
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show | shipment parts and material to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed
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labor intensive industry | show 🗑
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maquiladora | show 🗑
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new international division of labor | show 🗑
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show | metals utilized to make products other than iron and steel
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show | pollution that originates from a large, diffused area
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outsourcing | show 🗑
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show | a gas that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation, found in the stratosphere, above earths surface
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show | an atmospheric condition formed through a combo of weather conditions and pollution, especially from motor vehicle emissions
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point source pollution | show 🗑
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post fordist production | show 🗑
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show | US law that prevents a union and a company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join the union as a condition of employment
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sanitary landfill | show 🗑
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show | location factors that relate to the costs of a factory's production inside a plant, such as land, labor, and capital
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show | location factors related to the transportation of materials into a from a factory
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textile | show 🗑
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vertical integration | show 🗑
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agricultural density | show 🗑
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arithmetic density | show 🗑
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census | show 🗑
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show | the total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society
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crude death rate(CDR) | show 🗑
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demographic transition | show 🗑
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demography | show 🗑
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show | the number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force
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show | the number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase
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ecumene | show 🗑
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epidemiologic transition | show 🗑
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show | the branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that are prevalent among a population at a special time and are produced by some special causes not generally present in the affected locality
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industrial revolution | show 🗑
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show | the total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year of age for every 1000 live births in a society
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show | the average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.
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show | medical technology invented in Europe and north America that has diffused to the poorer countries in latin America, asia, and Africa.
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show | the percentage growth of a population in a year,computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate
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show | a situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living
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show | disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population
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show | the number of people per unit area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture
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show | a bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and gender
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show | the number of males per 100 females in the population
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total fertility rate (TFR) | show 🗑
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zero population growth (ZPG) | show 🗑
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asylum seeker | show 🗑
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show | large scale emigration by talented people
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chain migration | show 🗑
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circulation | show 🗑
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counterurbanization | show 🗑
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emigration | show 🗑
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show | the area subject to flooding during a given number of years, according to historical trends
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forced migration | show 🗑
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guest worker | show 🗑
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immigration | show 🗑
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internal migration | show 🗑
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internally displaced person | show 🗑
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show | permanent movement from one country to another
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interregional migration | show 🗑
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intervening obstacle | show 🗑
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intraregional migration | show 🗑
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migration | show 🗑
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migration transition | show 🗑
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mobility | show 🗑
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net migration | show 🗑
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pull factor | show 🗑
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show | a factor that induces people to move to a new location
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show | in reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year
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show | people who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion
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unauthorized immigration | show 🗑
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voluntary migration | show 🗑
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custom | show 🗑
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folk culture | show 🗑
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habit | show 🗑
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show | culture found in large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics
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taboo | show 🗑
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terroir | show 🗑
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creole/creolized language | show 🗑
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show | a combo of german and english
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dialect | show 🗑
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show | a dialect spoken by African americans
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show | a language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used
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show | a term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language
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isogloss | show 🗑
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isolated language | show 🗑
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language | show 🗑
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show | a collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago
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language family | show 🗑
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language group | show 🗑
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show | a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
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literary tradition | show 🗑
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logogram | show 🗑
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official language | show 🗑
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pidgin language | show 🗑
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received pronunciation (RP) | show 🗑
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spanglish | show 🗑
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show | the form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communication
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vulgar latin | show 🗑
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show | belief that nothing can be known about whether God exists
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animism | show 🗑
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show | belief that God does not exist
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show | a religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally
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branch | show 🗑
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show | the class or distinct hereditary order into which a hindu is assigned, according to religious law
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show | a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe
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show | a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body
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show | a religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are located
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show | literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion
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ghetto | show 🗑
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hierarchical religion | show 🗑
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show | an individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion
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show | the doctrine or belief in the existence of only one god
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pagan | show 🗑
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show | a journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes
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polytheism | show 🗑
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sect | show 🗑
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show | an astronomical event that happens twice a year when the tilt of earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the sun
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syncretic | show 🗑
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show | a religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location
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show | laws in south Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas
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show | a process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities
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balkanized | show 🗑
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show | a process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that persons of color will soon move into the neighborhood
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centripetal force | show 🗑
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ethnic cleansing | show 🗑
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show | identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of a common heredity and cultural traditions
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genocide | show 🗑
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show | loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
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nationality | show 🗑
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race | show 🗑
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show | belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
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show | a person who subscribes to the beliefs of racism
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show | a person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops
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show | a practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to africa
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anocracy | show 🗑
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autocracy | show 🗑
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show | a condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries
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boundary | show 🗑
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show | a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediately surrounding countryside
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show | an attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory
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colony | show 🗑
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show | a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly
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show | a country in which citizens elect leaders and can run for office
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show | a state with a long narrow shape
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federal state | show 🗑
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show | a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory
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frontier | show 🗑
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gerrymandering | show 🗑
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show | a state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea
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show | a state that encompasses a very small land area
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multiethnic state | show 🗑
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nation state | show 🗑
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perforated state | show 🗑
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show | an otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension
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show | the concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
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show | ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states
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state | show 🗑
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show | the systematic use of violence by a group in order to intimidate a population of coerce a government into granting its demands
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show | an internal organization of a state that places most power in the hands of central government officials
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active solar energy systems | show 🗑
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adolescent fertility rate | show 🗑
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show | fuel that derives form plant material and animal waste
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show | a nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium
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show | the quantity of something that consumers are willing and able to buy
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developed country (MDC) | show 🗑
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show | a country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development
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development | show 🗑
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show | an alternative to international trade that emphasizes small business and worker owned and democratically run cooperatives and requires employers to treat workers fairly.
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show | the percentage of women holding full time jobs outside the home
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fission | show 🗑
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foreign direct investment (FDI) | show 🗑
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show | an energy source formed from the residue of plants and animals buried millions of years ago
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show | the pumping of water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas
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fusion | show 🗑
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show | a measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality
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show | the value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period
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show | the value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year, including money that enters and leaves the country
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show | an indicator of the level of development for each country, constructed by the UN, that is based on income, literacy, education, and life expectancy
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show | power generated from moving water
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show | modification of the HDI to account for inequality within a country
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show | the percentage of a country's people who can read and write
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show | the number of women who die giving birth per 100000 births
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microfinance | show 🗑
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millennium development goals | show 🗑
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passive solar energy systems | show 🗑
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show | a solar energy cell, usually made from silicon, that collects solar rays to generate electricity
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potential reserve | show 🗑
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show | the portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from earth's surface, through agriculture and a few other activities
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show | the value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it
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show | the amount of a resource remaining in discovered deposits
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show | the amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods and services in another country
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radioactive waste | show 🗑
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secondary sector | show 🗑
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structural adjustment program | show 🗑
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supply | show 🗑
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tertiary sector | show 🗑
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uneven development | show 🗑
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show | the gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials and energy
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show | industries that sell their products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement
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business services | show 🗑
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central place | show 🗑
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show | theory that explains the distribution of services based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services
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show | a rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other, with fields surrounding the settlement
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show | businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and educations, health, and leisure services
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show | a rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages
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economic base | show 🗑
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show | the process of consolidating small land holdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the 18th century
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gravity model | show 🗑
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market area (Hinterland) | show 🗑
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nonbasic industries | show 🗑
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primate city | show 🗑
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primate city rule | show 🗑
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show | services offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses
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show | the maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service
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rank size rule | show 🗑
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service | show 🗑
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show | a permanent collection of buildings and inhabitant
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show | the minimum number of people needed to support a service
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show | an increase in the percentage of the number of people living in urban settlements
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show | legally adding land area to a city in the US
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census tract | show 🗑
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show | the area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered
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show | an urban settlement that has been legally incorporated into an independent, self governing unit
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show | in the US, two or more contiguous core based statistical areas tied together by commuting patterns
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show | a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings
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core based statistical area | show 🗑
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council of government | show 🗑
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show | the change in density in an urban area from the center to the periphery
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show | a large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
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filtering | show 🗑
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food desert | show 🗑
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show | a process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low income, renter occupied area to a predominantly middle class, owner occupied area
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show | a ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area
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megalopolis | show 🗑
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multiple nuclei model | show 🗑
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peripheral model | show 🗑
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primary census statistical area (PCSA) | show 🗑
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Public housing | show 🗑
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show | a process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries
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show | the 4 consecutive 15 minute periods in the morning and evening with the heaviest volumes of traffic
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sector model | show 🗑
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smart growth | show 🗑
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social area analysis | show 🗑
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show | development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built up area
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squatter settlement | show 🗑
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underclass | show 🗑
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urban area | show 🗑
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show | in the US, an urban area with between 2,500 and 50,000 inhabitants
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show | in the US, an urban area with a at least 50,000 inhabitants
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show | a law that limits the permitted uses of land and maximum density of development in a community
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