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Chapter 1

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show variety in the types and numbers of species in particular regions of the world  
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show study of the spatial distribution of vegetation, animals, and other organisms  
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biome   show
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show form of economic and social organization characterized by the profit motive and the control of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of goods by private ownership  
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show map projection that is transformed in order to promote legibility or to reveal patterns not readily apparent on a traditional base map climate  
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show establishment and maintenance of political and legal domination by a state over a separate and alien society  
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colonization   show
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commodity   show
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show networks of labor and production processes that originate in the extraction or production of raw materials. The end result is the delivery and consumption of a finished commodity  
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show form of economic and social organization characterized by the common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange  
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continental drift   show
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culture   show
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show replacement of high birth and death rates by low birth and death rates  
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diaspora   show
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show complex of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their relationships in a particular place  
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show social differences between men and women rather than the anatomical differences related to sex  
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geomorphology   show
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global warming   show
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globalization   show
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greenhouse effect   show
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show estimate of the total value of all materials, foodstuffs, goods, and services that are produced in a country in a particular year  
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hegemony   show
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imperialism   show
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International Monetary Fund (IMF)   show
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International regime   show
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show region where air flows together and rises vertically as a result of intense solar heating at the equator, often with heavy rainfall, and shifting north and south with the seasons  
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show shared notion of relationship among members of a group often but not necessarily based on blood, marriage, or adoption  
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show periods of international power established by individual states through economic, political, and military competition  
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show economic policy in which government controls industry and trade. nation group of people often sharing common elements of culture, such as religion, language, a history, or political identity  
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show feeling of belonging to a nation as well as the belief that a nation has a natural right to determine its own affairs  
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show ideal form consisting of a homogeneous group of people governed by their own state  
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show economic and political strategies by which powerful states in core economies indirectly maintain or extend their influence over other areas or people  
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neoliberalism   show
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plate tectonics   show
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show economic activity that deals with the handling and processing of knowledge and information  
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show study of the ways in which unique combinations of environmental and human factors produce territories with distinctive landscapes and cultural attributes  
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regionalism   show
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show geographer's classification of individual places or areal units  
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Secondary activity   show
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sectionalism   show
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sense of place   show
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show organized movements of people with an agenda of political opposition and activism  
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sovereignty   show
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show fairness of the distribution of society's burdens and benefits, taking into account spatial variations in people's needs and in their contribution to the production of wealth and social well-being  
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show independent political unit with territorial boundaries that are internationally recognized by other states  
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structural adjustment policies   show
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supranational organization   show
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show vision of development that seeks a balance among economic growth, environmental impacts, and social equity  
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show economic activity involving the sale and exchange of goods and services  
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show development bank and the largest source of development assistance in the world  
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show large-scale geographic division based on continental and physiographic settings that contain major clusters of humankind with broadly similar cultural attributes  
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show interdependent system of linked by political and economic competition  
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