Gerrymandering: process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power Balkanization: process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities Agglomeration: grouping together of many firms from the same industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of infrastructure and sharing of labor resources Maquiladoras: those US firms that have factories just outside the US/Mexican border in areas that have been specially designated by the Mexican government Assimilation: the process through which people lose originality differentiating traits, such as dress, speech, particularities, or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture
AP Human Geography Unit II Review
Gerrymandering: process of redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the party in power Balkanization: process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities Agglomeration: grouping together of many firms from the same industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of infrastructure and sharing of labor resources Maquiladoras: those US firms that have factories just outside the US/Mexican border in areas that have been specially designated by the Mexican government Assimilation: the process through which people lose originality differentiating traits, such as dress, speech, particularities, or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture
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