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