I. Terms a. Centripetal force- An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state b. Centrifugal force- A force that divides people and countries c. Shatterbelt- An area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural values d. Nation- a group of people with a common culture occupying a particular territory‚ bound together by a strong sense of unity arising from shared beliefs and customs. e. Nation-state- an ideal form consisting of a homogeneous group
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Ch 13 Key Issues: Urban Patterns Key Issue 1: Why Do Services Cluster Downtown? Central Business District: downtown; area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered Va Beach CBD: Virginia Beach’s central business district is the Town center/Pembroke area. Its major retailer being the Pembroke Mall. There are many shops and buildings that allow for a range of activities. Those activities may include shopping brand-clothing to walking in the park. There are many office workers
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The kingdom of Judea has always been the center of attention due to its geographical location and fertile lands. In 586 BCE Babylon king conquered Judah. In 538 BCE‚ Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered the region. He was admired by common people kind acts concerning citizens of Judea. He ordered the exiled Jews to return from Babylon to their homeland. Also‚ Jewish temple was rebuilt. In 332 BCE‚ Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian Empire‚ gained control over Judea. But after
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Athens is the capital of Greece. The city is strategically located in the prefecture of Attica and stretches to the peninsula. Athens is surrounded by Pendeli‚ Ymmytos‚ Parnitha‚ eastwards‚ northwards‚ and the Saronic gulf westwards and southwards. Notably‚ Athens was once known for traffic‚ smog‚ and tacky architecture. Its ultimate bloom was in the 5th century when civilization and moral values surpassed limits of the city and to become the most important area of western civilization. As the world’s
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Canadian Shield Relative Size/Location This region occupies over 50% of canada’s total land area (approximately 4‚ 800‚000km2)‚ making up parts of 6 provinces and 2 territories. The Canadian Shield is the largest landform region in Canada. Physical Landscape The Canadian Shield is made up of metamorphic and igneous rock‚ containing some of the world’s oldest rocks. It had once been a major mountain region but it is now relatively flat with rounded rock hills. In addition‚ hundreds of thousands
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The geography of Greece had a big impact on its development of the years. The geography consists of many mountains along with being surrounded by water. These geographic advantages affected the development of its politics‚ military and economy and ultimately led to the success of Polis. Due to the geography of the region‚ the Greeks were isolated from each other due to the mountainous terrain. As a consequence of this isolation‚ “Greek communities tended to follow their own separate paths and develop
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We believe that the geography of Japan has had a heavy influence on the development of society‚ and we will state and explain the reason why throughout this essay. The following two sentences help to summarise the effect that Japan’s geography has had on its society “The Japanese have different lifestyles depending on their place of residence and their age or generation. Their eating habits‚ type of housing‚ language‚ style of thinking‚ and many other aspects of their everyday life hinge upon where
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Geography Report- 1. Introduction- This report is to inform the reader about the Murray Darling’s access to water and its environmental‚ economic and social impacts. The Murray Darling Basin is in South Eastern Australia incorporating 77000 km of rivers and 25000 wetlands. The Basin is home to 2 million people as of 2016. 2. Environment- The Basin’s climate is sub-tropical in the north‚ semi-arid in the west and temperate in the south. (Represented in graph 1) The area’s rainfall is represented
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the Olmec and why they were built. (4 points) 4. The Maya did not unite to form a single united empire. Independent city-states or kingdoms with common cultural ties developed instead. What cultural elements did these city-states share? (4 points) 5. Describe the branches of government of the Maya that developed
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Geography and Switzerland’s National Stability A landlocked‚ mountainous country‚ Switzerland ’s geographical position in central Europe and strong neutral stance has given it the access and political stability to become one of the world ’s wealthiest countries‚ largely through its banking industry. Over the last 200 years Switzerland has become a symbol of neutrality and impartiality. It has been formally neutral since just after the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century and before that informally
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