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North America Terms Test

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deindustrialization
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Borderland
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American Manufacturing Belt
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Rain shadow effect
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Gentrification
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Fossil fuel
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Sunbelt
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North America's near-rectangle core area, whose corners are Boston, Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Baltimore.
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The relative dryness in areas downwind of mountain ranges resulting from orographic precipitation, wherein moist air masses are forced to deposit most of their water content as they cross the highlands.
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The energy resources of coal, natural gas, and petroleum (oil), so named collectively because they were formed by the geologic compression and transformation of tiny plant and animal organisms.
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The upgrading of an older residential area through private reinvestment, usually in the downtown area of a central city. Frequently, this involves the displacement of established lower-income residents, who can't afford the heightened costs of living.
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A general term for a linear zone that parallels a political boundary. An example of this is the US-Mexico border, which is marked by significant cultural and economic interaction across the boundary that separates them.
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The popular name given to the southern tier of the US, anchored by California, Texas, and Florida. Its warmer climate, superior recreational opportunities, and other amenities have been attracting large numbers of relocating people and activities.
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The process by which companies relocate manufacturing jobs to other regions or countries with cheaper labor, leaving the newly-deindustrialized region to convert to a service economy while struggling with the effects of increases unemployment.
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The name given to Canada's indigenous people of American descent, whose US counterparts are called Native Americans.
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A planned techno-industrial complex (such as California's Silicon Valley) that innovates, promotes, and manufactures the products of the postindustrial information economy.
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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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The non-central-city portion of the American metropolis; no longer "sub" to the "urb," this outer ring was transformed into a full-fledged city during the late 20th century.
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A large city with particularly significant international (economic) linkages that also has a high ranking in the global urban system. Leading world-cities include London, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, and Paris
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A region within which there prevails substantial natural-landscape homogeneity, expressed by a certain degree of uniformity in surface relief, climate, vegetation, and soils.
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CBD: The downtown heart of a central city; marked by high land values, a concentration of business and commerce, and the clustering of the tallest buildings
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Traditional characterization of American society as a blend of numerous immigrant ethnic groups that over time were assimilated into a single societal mainstream.

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