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A metropolitan area with a population of more than 10 million people is
What is a megacity?
Displacement of lower-income residents often results in
What is gentrification?
Employment opportunities are an example of
What is a pull factor?
A fashion trend spreading from celebrities to the general population is an example of this type of diffusion
What is hierarchical diffusion?
A primate city is defined as a city that
What is dominates the economic and political life of a country?
This is a major criticism of industrial agriculture
What is contributing to environmental degradation?
Outsourcing occurs when a company
What is relocates production or services to another country?
This agricultural practice is most commonly associated with tropical rainforest regions?
What is plantation agriculture?
This model predicts which activity would occur farthest from the market?
What is von Thunen model?
This economic indicator best measures average income adjusted for population size
What is GDP per capita?
This happens when regions within a state seek greater autonomy or independence
What is devolution?
A cartogram is
What is a map that intentionally distorts the size of regions based on population?
Subsistence agriculture is primarily intended to
What is feed the farmer and his family?
The widespread global use of English in aviation, business, and technology is an example of
What is globalization?
This is low-density expansion into surrounding rural areas
What is urban sprawl?
A political boundary was established before significant human settlement occurred in the area
What is an antecedent boundary?
According to the rank-size rule, the second-largest city in a country should be
What is half the population of the largest city?
A state experiencing strong separatist movements and ethnic conflict is most likely experiencing
What is devolution?
A major goal of sustainable development is to
What is meet current needs without harming future generations?
This revolution increased crop yields through improved technology and seeds
What is the Green Revolution?
The core-periphery model suggests that
What is economic power is concentrated in dominant core regions?
The blending of traits from multiple cultures
What is cultural syncretism?
This urban model emphasizes transportation routes radiating outward from the central business district
What is the sector model?
The sector model developed by Homer Hoyt emphasizes the importance of
What is transportation corridors in urban development?
Immigrants bringing cultural traditions to a new country is which type of diffusion
What is relocation diffusion?