North America Flashcards
1
Q
Acid Rain
A
Sulfuric acid that falls to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms
2
Q
Counterurbanization
A
Social process where people move from urban areas to rural areas
3
Q
Ethnicity
A
Belonging to a social group that has a cultural tradition
4
Q
Group of eight (G8)
A
Group made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom and U.S.
5
Q
Digital Divide
A
Those who have computer access and those who do not
6
Q
Gentrification
A
Renovating and improving a house or district so it conforms to middle class taste
7
Q
Megalopolis
A
A chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas
8
Q
Urban realms model
A
Shows the spatial components of a modern metropolis
