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North America

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Migration   show
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show The gradual reduction of regional differences at the world scale, resulting from increasing international cultural, economic, and political interaction.  
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Core area   show
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show The contrasting spatial characteristics of, and linkages between, the have (core) and have-not (periphery) components of a national, regional, or the global system.  
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show All of the countries that lie outside the global core (mapped in green in Fig. G-12). Economically, these countries are subordinate to those of the global core in terms of development and international influence  
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show All of the countries that lie outside the global core (mapped in green in Fig. G-12). Economically, these countries are subordinate to those of the global core in terms of development and international influence. Geographically, the global periphery  
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show The extent of equal economic (and social) development opportunities for different population groups, especially minorities and the poor.  
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Sustainable development   show
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show The economic, social, and institutional growth of national states.  
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show Political relations among states or regions that are strongly influenced by their geographical setting, including proximity, accessibility, sovereign boundaries, natural resources, population distribution, and the like.  
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European state model   show
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show Controlling power and influence over a territory, especially by the government of an autonomous state over the people it rules.  
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show A politically organized territory that is administered by a sovereign government and is recognized by a significant portion of the international community. A state must also contain a permanent resident population  
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Cultural landscape   show
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show Informal term referring to the world’s most heavily populated cities; in this book, the term refers to a metropolis containing a population of greater than 10 million.  
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Urbanization   show
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Population distribution   show
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show Data pertaining to a particular location on or near the Earth’s surface.  
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show The shift in the characteristics and spatial distribution of Earth’s climates in response to a long-term trend in atmospheric warming.  
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show The current interglacial epoch (the warm period of glacial contraction between the glacial expansions of an ice age); extends from 10,000 years ago to the present. Also known as the Recent Epoch.  
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Climate   show
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Pacific ring of fire   show
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Tectonic plate   show
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show The slow movement of continents controlled by the processes associated with plate tectonics.  
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Natural landscape   show
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show A region marked less by its sameness than by its dynamic internal structure; because it usually focuses on a central node, also called nodal region or focal region  
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Hinterland   show
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Spatial system   show
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show A type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity in one or more phenomena; also called uniform region or homogeneous region.  
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show The regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other places. Distance, accessibility, and connectivity affect relative location.  
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show The position or place of a certain item on the surface of the Earth as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude.  
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show A commonly used term and a geographic concept of paramount importance. An area on the Earth’s surface marked by specific criteria, which are discussed in the Introduction.  
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show An area of spatial change where the peripheries of two adjacent realms or regions join; marked by a gradual shift (rather than a sharp break) in the characteristics that distinguish these neighboring geographic entities from one another.  
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show The basic spatial unit in our world regionalization scheme. Each realm is defined in terms of a synthesis of its total human geography—a composite of its leading cultural, economic, historical, political, and appropriate environmental features.  
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show Representation of a real-world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization. In cartography, the ratio of map distance to ground distance; indicated on a map as a bar graph, representative fraction, and/or verbal statement.  
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show Broadly, the geographic dimension or expression of any phenomenon; more specifically, anything related to the organization of space on the Earth’ surface.  
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show Maps that individuals carry around in their minds that reflect their constantly evolving perception of how geographic space (ranging from their everyday activity space to the entire world) is organized around them.  
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