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| the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of lower-income people) | ||
| City that is located on the outskirts of larger cities and serves many of the same functions of urban areas, but in a sprawling, decentralized suburban environment. | ||
| capital city positioned in actually or potentially contested territory usually near an international border, it confirms the states determination to maintain its presence in the region in contention. | ||
| a form of government where religious leaders control the government, relying on religious law and consultation with religious scholars | ||
| boundary dispute involving resources | ||
| system of Islamic law that is based on the Quran | ||
| A Mercator chart represents the meridians and parallels of latitude as straight lines. | ||
| Distance measured, not in linear terms such as miles or kilometers, but in terms such as cost and time. | ||
| a) emphasis on political, socio-economic control and growth. b) state-owned means of production with no private sector. c) centrally planned or command economy..5 year plans (inefficient but works well in crisis) | ||
| A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are spatially arranged in a series of rings. | ||
| Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. | ||
| A part of a country that is seperated from the rest of the country and surrounded by foreign territory. | ||
| the total fertility rate needed for a population to replace itself | ||
| The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years | ||
| government in which voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body which chooses a prime minister to head the government |
