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What is urban renewal
Urban renewal is a process where privately owned properties within a designated renewal area are purchased and remade
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What is a model of urban land use proposed by Homer Hoyt, it includes CBD, factories/industries, low class residential, middle class residential and high class residential
The sector model
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What is a buffer state
independent country that exists between two larger countries that are conflicting
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What is absolute location
The exact position of a place on the earths surface
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What is a model that geographers use to categorize countries' population growth rates and economic structures. It shows all four stages, as well as birth and death rates as well as total population trends?
The demographic transition model
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What is centrifugal force
force that divides a states people and regions
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What is diffusion
the spread of a culture element or phenomena
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What is a model that shows that agricultural land use is formed as concentric circles around the central market? It also shows where the following occur: urban center/market, intensive farming/dairy, forests, crops, ranching, Thunen's model.
Von Thunen's Land Use Model
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What is an autonomous religion
a religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally
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What is folk culture
isolated group that has had long lasting culture traits that haven't changed substantially over time
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What is the model that shows North American urban areas, consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or ring road? The included parts are: Central city, suburban residential, shopping mall, industrial district, office park, service center, airport complex and combined employment/shopping center.
The Peripheral Model
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What is a successful way to lower birth rates
contraception, improving healthcare, religions implanted
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What is cultural appropriation
the process by which cultures adopt customs and knowledge from other cultures and use them for their own benefit
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What is the model that shows a city does not have one central area and instead has several nodes that act as regional centers for economic or residential activity within one larger city? It includes the following: a central business district, wholesale/light manufacturing, outlying business district, low class residential, middle class residential, high class residential, residential suburb, heavy manufacturing, and industrial suburb.
The Multiple Nuclei Model
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What is more important education or healthcare why
education- no healthcare workers without education
health care- no education if everyones dead |