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- 2. Occurs when city revenues cannot keep up with increasing demands for city services and expenditures on decaying urban infrastructure.(IDKU6)
- 7. Large wild grass native to Mexico that produced the small ears of maize.(IDKU5)
- 8. The placement or arrangement of objects on Earth's surface; also included the space between objects.(VITU1)The significance of this term is it allows geographers to look at and analyze the arrangement of objects, people, and the trends that shape human activity.
- 9. An ideal that political authorities govern in the name of all a country’s citizens, modern mass communications link all residents etc.)(CCU4)
- 11. The modification of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops.(CCU5)
- 13. Relocation of manufacturing and support services from one country to another.(CCU7)
- 14. The concept that as the distance between two places increases, the interaction and movement between them become more difficult and costly, thus decreasing the likelihood of interaction.(IDKU1)
- 19. A multi-country agreement that reduces or eliminates taxes to promote the free-flow of goods and services across international borders.(IDKU4)
- 22. Unofficial of geological time, used to describe the most recent period in earth's history when humans started to impact the atmosphere and climate.(IDKU2)
- 23. Spanish acronym for the southern common market —> includes many countries (South American customs union).(IDKU7)
- 24. The planting and harvesting of domesticated plants and the rising of domesticated animals for food.(VITU5)The significance of this term is its a main base in societies, global interactions, and shaping or building different settlement patterns.
- 28. The ideal political geographical unit. (A people and its culture)(governance and authority).(CCU4)
- 29. The portion of earth's surface with permanent human settlement.(IDKU2)
- 30. System of 24 satellites that orbit earth twice daily and transmit radio signals earthward.(CCU1)
- 31. A grain plant native to northeast Africa.(IDKU5)
- 33. The belief that any physical environment offers a uber of possible ways for a society to develop and that humans can find ways to overcome environmental challenges.(IDKU1)
- 34. The practice of using local land-use regulation to preserve and enhance property tax base.(IDKU6)
- 35. A trade language, characterized by a very small vocab derived from the languages of at least 2 or more groups in contact.(CCU3)
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- 1. A practice in which realtors persuade white homeowners in a neighborhood to sell their homes by convincing them that black families were moving in.(CCU6)
- 3. Rapid transformation of the economy through the intro of machines, power sources in 1760-1830 in the US and Europe.(VITU7)This term is significant because it transformed global landscapes, communities, and economics, all leading to urbanization.
- 4. When moves are made across national borders.(CCU2)
- 5. Process whereby religion becomes a less dominant force in everyday life than it was in the past.(IDKU3)
- 6. An approach to standing other cultures that seeks to understand individuals and cultures from a wider perspective of cultural logic.(VITU3)This term is important because it pushes people to understand cultures on their own terms, diverse practices, all of this instead of judging them.
- 10. A location where cargo is transferred from one mode of transportation to another.(IDKU7)
- 12. Migration that is done willingly.(CCU2)
- 15. A combined language that has a fuller vocab than a pidgin language and becomes a native language.(CCU3)
- 16. Construction and improvement of foundational services such as access to energy resources throughout the country.(IDKU4)
- 17. The statistical study of human populations.(VITU2)This term helps us understand human populations, including trends, and patterns.
- 18. Economic activities that involve the direct extraction of natural resources from the earth, including agriculture, fishing, forestry, and mining.(CCU5)
- 20. Transfer of part of a firm's internal operations to a third party.(CCU7)
- 21. The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state.(VITU4)The importance of this term is it shows the transfer of power from central governments to local or regional governments.
- 25. Scanning of earth by satellite of high flying aircraft in order to obtain info about it.(CCU1)
- 26. Process whereby religion becomes a less dominant force in everyday life than it was in the past.(IDKU3)
- 27. Practice of identifying high risk neighborhoods on a map and refusing to rent money to people.(CCU6)
- 32. The movement of people from rural areas and cities.(VITU6)The importance of this term is it’s a key part of environmental, economic, and social changes.