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| Location Analyst | A person who identifies the factors that affect (for better or worse) the success of a particular business, evaluates the viability or prospective sites with respect to those factors and recommend a site to decision makers. |
| Executive Agreement | Pact made of the President with the head of a foreign state; a binding international agreement with the force of law but which does not require Senate consent. |
| Ideological Party | Political party based on a particular set of beliefs, a comprehensive view of social, economic and political matters. |
| Civil Rights | Refers to positives acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees for all. |
| Assessment | The process of determining the value of property for the purposes of taxation. |
| Dictatorship | Form of government in which those who rule cannot be held responsible to the will of the people |
| Refugee | One who leaves his/her home to seek refuge from war, persecution or other danger. |
| Tropic of Cancer | An imaginary line of latitude at 23 degrees N |
| Estuary | Where a river meets the sea or ocean. |
| Environmental Manager | A person who monitors and protects natural resources – usually hired by environmental protection agencies, private companies and/or the government. |
| Lagoon | a shallow body of water that is located alongside a coast and separated from the ocean by a strip of land or a sandbank. |
| Contiguous Zone | Area in which countries are in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point. |
| Gentrification | The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents. |
| Migration | To move from one country, place or locality to another |
| Decentralization | The dispersion of functions and powers – delegation of power from a central authority to local authorities. |
| Mesa | A land formation that has a flat area on the top and steep walls – usually occurs in dry areas. |
| Geomorphology | The scientific field that investigates how landforms are formed on Earth (and other planets) |
| Limited Government | Basic principle of the American system of government; that government is limited in what it may do, and each individual has certain rights that government cannot take away. |
| Deportation | Legal process in which aliens are legally required to leave the United States. |
| Anarchy | The total absence of government |
| Cabinet | Presidential advisory body, traditionally composed with the heads of the executive departments and other officers the President may choose. |
| Interim Government | Government set up to serve during the transition from a previous government. |
| Amendment | A modification to the Constitution. |
| Jus Soli | Acquisition of American citizenship at birth in the United States; the “law of the soil,” where born. |
| Isolationism | A policy of refusing to become generally involved in world affairs. |
| Grass Roots | Of or from the common people, the average voter; used to describe opinion and pressure on public policy. |
| Area Specialist | A person who possesses a high degree of expertise in a particular part of the world (Latin Americanist, Africanist, etc…) |
