heartland
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The rise of Catholicism in the continent is accelerating the shift away from the church’s traditional European heartland and toward the global south.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
There are already fears that China's industrial heartland, which serves as the factory of the world, will be impacted in the long term if this crisis continues.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
It's a project long pushed for by Canada's oil heartland but one which faces significant hurdles.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Last year saw sectarian violence in the country's coastal Alawite heartland and in southern Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
The gateway to the industrial heartland of Southern China runs up through the wide, verdant swath of the Pearl River Delta.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Political Geography - Middle School
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Political Geography - High School
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