A 200 mile buffer zone that extends into the territorial waters surrounding a country and is prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a country has certain rights.
The region of the North East and Midwest associated with declining manufacturing sector. Also sometimes known as the Frostbelt.
The principle of political or commercial cooperation between the US and the countries of South America, as well as those in Central America and the Caribbean.
Seasonal migrants who leave cold regions in the winter months for warmer climes.
A former industrial site affected by environmental contamination.
Injecting liquids at high pressure into underground rock formations to extract oil and gas.
The region stretching from California to Florida associates with arm weather, bright sunshine and economic growth.
The downsides of a heavy reliance on one or more primary commodities such as oil, that include corruption, wildly fluctuating government revenues and stunted economic development
Glacial deposits of rock and sediment.
A country in which the city and the state are essentially one and the same.
The indigenous peoples of Canada who lived south of the Arctic Circle.
An area of volcanic activity. Not caused by plate tectonics but by plumes from the mantle.
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