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balkanization
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the fragmentation of a region into smaller, often hostile units.
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barriades
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? sorry :[
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Beaux Arts
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a movement within city planning and urban design that stressed the marriage of older, classical forms with newer, industrial ones. common characteristics of this period include wide thoroughfares, spacious parks & civic monuments that stressed progress, freedom & national unity.
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Bergmann's Rule
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a principle holding that the lower the mean annual temperature, the higher a population's mean body weight.
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fragmented state
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a state whose territory consists of several separated parts,not a continuous whole. the individual parts maybe isolated from each other by the land area of other states or by international waters.
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francophone
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a country or region where other languages are also spoken but where French is the lingua franca or the language of the elite.
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friction of distance
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refers to the increase in time and cost that results with increasing distance.
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frontier zone
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zone of advance penetration, usually of contention, an area not fully integrated into a politically organized area
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functional cultural region
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a region defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur with it, especially culture.
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basic functions
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basic industries
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franglais
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a creole, with the mix of french and english
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