GEO Vocabulary-

Vocabulary-

Heartland: A geographic area based in which a nation's industry, population, and political power are concentrated; also known as a core.


Hinterland: A geographic area based on resource development that supplies the heartland with many of its primary products; also known as periphery


NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE Agreement: In January 1994, Canada the United States, and Mexico launched the North American Free trade agreement and formed the world's largest free trade area. The Agreement has increased trade among the three countries and rearranged the location of labor- intensive manufacturing firms to Mexico where wages are much lower than in either the United States or Canada.
(NORAD) headquartered in COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, as a binational command, centralizing operational control of continental air Defenses against the threat of Soviet bombers. In March1981, the name was changed to North American Aerospace Defense Command but the acronym NORAD continued to be used Since11 September 2001; NORAD is responsible for protecting North America from domestic as well as foreign air attacks.

Periphery: The weakly developed area surrounding an industrial core, also known as a hinterland.


Primary products: Goods derived from agriculture, fishing logging, mining, and trapping; non processed products.

Region: An area of the Earth's surface defined by its distinctive human or natural characteristics. Boundaries between regions are often transition zones where the main characteristics of one region merge into those of a neighboring region. Geographers use the concept of regions to study parts of the world.

Gross domestic product: An estimate of the total value of all materials, foodstuffs, goods, and services produced by a country or province in a particular year.