Physical Geography
The three natural forces that cause erosion
Wind, water, and ice (glaciers)
The spreading of ideas, goods, technologies, and culture
Cultural diffusion
The old name of the free-trade agreement between US, Canada, and Mexico
NAFTA (now USMCA)
Factories in Mexico owned by foreign companies, usually near the border
Maquiladoras
Land in the Netherlands reclaimed from the sea using dikes and pumps
Polder
The dry side of a mountain that gets little rain (rain-shadow side)
Leeward side
Describes “where” people locate themselves (coast, north, interior, etc.)
Population distribution
The U.S. region that lost manufacturing jobs and has old factories
Rust Belt
The Panama Canal had to be built with these because the land changes elevation dramatically
Locks
The common currency used by most EU countries
Euro
As elevation increases in tropical areas, temperature does this
Gets colder
A population pyramid that is narrow at the bottom and wider in the middle (like Japan)
Shrinking / declining / aging population (cone)
Most Canadians live in this region because of milder climate and jobs
Core Provinces (Ontario & Quebec)
The canal built to increase trade by connecting Atlantic & Pacific
Panama Canal
The term for the United Kingdom leaving the European Union
Brexit
The consistent long-term pattern of temperature and precipitation
Climate
Things that make people want to leave an area (war, poverty, gangs)
Push factors
The cold northern region of Canada where the Inuit live
Nunavut / Northern Territories
Two elements of culture that spread because of Spanish/Portuguese colonization
Catholicism and Spanish/Portuguese language
Europe’s population is doing this because of low birth rates
Shrinking / aging
Plate boundary that formed the Andes Mountains
Convergent
The sector of the economy with teachers, doctors, and store clerks
Tertiary / service sector
The purchase from France that doubled the size of the United States
Louisiana Purchase
Main environmental issue in the Amazon today
Deforestation
Wealthy region of Spain that wants independence and has its own language
Catalonia and Basque