Practice Test "#1" Words

Break-of-Bulk Point

A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another. i.e. a steel mill near the port of Baltimore receives iron ore by ship from South AMerica and coal by train from Appalachia.

Acculturation

Acculturation is the exchange of cultural features that results when groups of individuals having different cultures come into continuous first hand contact; the original cultural patterns of either or both groups may be altered, but the groups remain distinct.

Special Economic Zones (SEZs)

Special Economic Zone is a geographical region that has economic and other laws that are more free-market-oriented than a country's typical or national laws.

Concentric Zone Model

The Concentric ring model also known as the Burgess model is one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures. It was created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925.

Four Asian Tigers

The Four Asian Tigers or Asian Dragons are the highly developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan (ROC). These regions were the first newly industrialized countries, noted for maintaining exceptionally high growth rates and rapid industrialization between the early 1960s and 1990s.

Hindu Religion

monotheistic because all gods made up one god.

Enclave

In political geography, an enclave is a territory whose geographical boundaries lie entirely within the boundaries of another territory

North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

The North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. In terms of combined purchasing power parity GDP of its members, as of 2007 the trade bloc is the largest in the world and second largest by nominal GDP comparison.

Relic Boundary

a political boundary that has ceased to function but the imprint of which can still be detected on the cultural landscape

Super Imposed Boundary

A boundary that has been forced among residents because of conflict in an area