World Geography Chapter 6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Migration | the movement of people from place to place. |
| Columbian Exchange | Exchange of goods, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americas. |
| Louisiana Purchase | A territory in the west central United States purchased from France in 1803; extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and the gulf of Mexico to Canada. |
| Frontier | Free open land that had been available and suitable for settlement. |
| Suburbs | Communities outside of a Citie. |
| Representative Democracy | A system in which the people rule through elected representatives. |
| Export | When goods move out from a country |
| Free enterprise | An economic system where private individuals own most of the resources,technology and businesses,and can operate them for profit with little control of the government. |
| Service industry | Any kind of economic activity which produces service instead of product. |
| Postindustrial economy | Economic phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role. |
| Multinationals | a corporation that engages in business worldwide. |
| New England | a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut. |
| Megapolis | A region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together. |
| Midwest | the subregion that contains the 12 states of the north central united states. |
| Metropolitan areas | large cities and their suburbs. |
| The West | a farflung subregion consisting of 13 states. |
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