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| 9986977594 | "Why of Where" | Why did people choose to locate where they are? | 0 | |
| 9986977595 | formal region | an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics | 1 | |
| 9986977596 | Functional Region | A region defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it | 2 | |
| 9986977597 | vernacular region | A popular region that is named for the way people perceive it | 3 | |
| 9986977598 | Universalizing Religion | Christianity, Islam, Buddhism | 4 | |
| 9986977599 | Christianity | Roman Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox | 5 | |
| 9986977600 | ethnic | Jewish, hinduism, shintoism, shamanism | 6 | |
| 9986977601 | Nunavut | an example of ethnic nationalism | 7 | |
| 9986977602 | Balkanization | Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities | 8 | |
| 9986977603 | Continuum from language family to dialect | Indo-European, Germanic, English, Midland-Northern | 9 | |
| 9986977604 | nation-state | A country who's population share a common identity. | 10 | |
| 9986977605 | compact state | a state in which the distance from the center to any boundary does not vary significantly | 11 | |
| 9986977606 | Elongated State | A state with a long, narrow shape. | 12 | |
| 9986977607 | Prorupted State | A state that exhibits a narrow, elongated land extension leading away from the main territory. | 13 | |
| 9986977608 | Perforated State | a state that completely surrounds another one | 14 | |
| 9986977609 | fragmented state | a state that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory | 15 | |
| 9986977610 | Landlocked state | A state that does not have a direct outlet to the sea | 16 | |
| 9986977611 | unitary state | places most power in the hands of central government officials | 17 | |
| 9986977612 | Federal State | system of government that calls for 2 government bodies, one local and one national | 18 | |
| 9986977613 | Confederal states | 19 | ||
| 9991135179 | Devolution | the transfer of powers and responsibilities from the federal government to the states | 20 | |
| 9991135180 | core-periphery | the core is the wealthier and more industrial area; the periphery is the less industrial area | 21 | |
| 9991135181 | enclave | territory enclosed within an alien land | 22 | |
| 9991135182 | Exclave | A portion of a state that is separated from the main territory and surrounded by another country. | 23 | |
| 9991135183 | Greece | Terracing, Mediterranean agriculture, pastoralism | 24 | |
| 9991135184 | Peru | Terracing, shifting agriculture | 25 | |
| 9991135185 | Egypt | Irrigation, little pork production | 26 | |
| 9991135186 | Turkey | Wheat, pastorilism | 27 | |
| 9991135187 | USA | Wheat, Mediterranean | 28 | |
| 9991135188 | Mexico | Maize, irrigation | 29 | |
| 9991135189 | NAFTA | USA, Canada, Mexico | 30 | |
| 9991135190 | Four Asian Tigers | Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan | 31 | |
| 9991135191 | Maquiladoras | Mexico | 32 |