Chapter 4
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Transition zone | show 🗑
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| Geographic information system (GIS) | show 🗑
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| show | A representation of a unit of terrain obtained from remote sensing imagery.
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| Land hemisphere | show 🗑
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| show | An independent political entity consisting of a single city with (and sometimes without) an immediate hinterland.
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| Local functional specialization | show 🗑
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| Industrial Revolution | show 🗑
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| Sovereignty | show 🗑
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| show | A country whose population possesses a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity. The ideal form to which most states aspire—a political unit wherein the territorial state coincides with the area settled by a certain national group or people.
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| show | A term encompassing all the citizens of a state, it also has other connotations. Definitions now tend to refer to a group of tightly knit people possessing bonds of language, ethnicity, religion, and others. homogeneity prevails within few states
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| show | Exists when two regions, through an exchange of raw materials and/or finished products, can specifically satisfy each other’s demands.
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| show | The capacity to move a good from one place to another at a bearable cost; the ease with which a commodity may be transported.
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| Central business district (CBD) | show 🗑
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| Centrifugal forces | show 🗑
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| Centripetal forces | show 🗑
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| show | A venture involving three or more states—political, economic, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectives.
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| Euro Zone | show 🗑
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| Schengen Area | show 🗑
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| show | Each is a high-technology-driven region marked by exceptional industrial vitality and economic success not only within Europe but on the global scene as well.
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| show | The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.
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| show | Legally protected residency status; usually granted by a host country to immigrants fleeing political oppression in their former homeland.
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| show | A sovereign state that contains a minuscule land area and population. They do not have the attributes of “complete” states, but are on the map as tiny yet independent entities nonetheless.
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| Urban system | show 🗑
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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 | The internal locational attributes of an urban center, including its local spatial organization and physical setting.
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| Situation | show 🗑
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| Estuary | show 🗑
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| Conurbation | show 🗑
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| Landlocked location | show 🗑
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| World-city | show 🗑
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| Metropolis | show 🗑
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| Break-of-bulk | show 🗑
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| show | A place, usually a port city, where goods are imported, stored, and transshipped; a break-of-bulk point.
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| Shatter belt | show 🗑
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| show | The fragmentation of a region into smaller, often hostile political units. Named after the historically contentious Balkan Peninsula of southeastern Europe.
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| Irredentism | show 🗑
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| show | A bounded (non-island) piece of territory that is part of a particular state but lies separated from it by the territory of another state.
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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