The Middle American Realm
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| show | A country’s largest city—ranking atop its urban hierarchy—most expressive of the national culture and usually (but not in every case) the capital city as well.
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| show | Aboriginal or native; an example would be the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas
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| show | The free-trade area launched in 1994 involving the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
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| show | General term for a linear zone that parallels a political boundary. The most dynamic of these areas, such as those lining the U.S.-Mexico border, are marked by significant cultural and economic interaction across the boundary that separates them.
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| show | A narrow isthmian link between two large landmasses. They are temporary features—at least when measured in geologic time—subject to appearance and disappearance as the land or sea level rises and falls.
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| show | The clearing and destruction of tropical rainforests in order to make way for expanding settlement frontiers and the exploitation of new economic opportunities.
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| show | Derived from the Latin word for mixed, refers to a person of mixed European (white) and Amerindian ancestry.
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| show | The degree of direct linkage between a particular location and other locations within a regional, national, or global transportation network.
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| show | Limited resources require expensive importing of many goods and services; the cost of government operations per capita are higher; and local production is unable to benefit from economies of scale.
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| show | The savings that accrue from large-scale production wherein the unit cost of manufacturing decreases as the level of operation enlarges. Supermarkets operate on this principle and are able to charge lower prices than small grocery stores.
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| show | The economic benefits of forging supranational partnerships among three or more countries. The European Union (EU) is the prototype; NAFTA and CARICOM are examples in the Middle American realm.
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| show | Term referring to financial havens for foreign companies and individuals, who channel their earnings to accounts in such a country (usually an “offshore” island-state) to avoid paying taxes in their home countries.
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| show | Money earned by emigrants that is sent back to family and friends in their home country, mostly in cash; forms an important part of the economy in poorer countries.
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| show | In a layered or stratified society, the population is divided into a hierarchy of social classes. In an industrialized society, the working class is at the lower end; elites that possess capital and control the means of production are at the upper level.
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