unit 7 ap human geo

Nike, headquartered in Oregon, employs 20k people in that state. What % are employed in shoe manufacture/assembly?

High-tech corridors have sprung up in the global economic core. This results in technopoles in Silicon Valley and in __

Technopoles, a collection of high-tech industries, can be found lots of countries. which region doesn't contain one

The degree of direct linkage between 1 particular location and other locations in a transport network is referred to as

In the 1970s, US tv manufacturers began to move productions "offshore" to special zones on the Mexican border called

The layout of a city, the physical form an structure, is referred to as ____

GNP measures the total value of goods/services produced by a country's corporations and individuals. Its standardized by

When Weber published TheoryOfTheLocationOfIndustries, what did he put as the determinant of regional industrial location

The first urban development was in the same region as the first agriculture hearth - where was this?

The type of manufacturing that is more likely to be located in peripheral countries is

Current amounts of goods/resources moving in the global system would be impossible without the invention of

in 2008, Saudi Arabia and ____ were the worlds 2 largest oil producers

_____ have low levels of human development according to the Human Development Index (2005)

Fragmented states can help create which type of forces within a state?

what organization is headed by a US citizen, is in WA DC, and is charged with combating poverty in peripheral countries?

in NY, Puerto Ricans moved into the Jewish neighborhood and assumed a dominant presence. this process is described as

which of the following is not generally a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

PineRidgeReservation in the US, with 80% unemployment + per capita income at 6k illustrates _ within a core area country

If a substantial # of enterprises all develop in, or move to, the same area the factor is called

_______ processes in the commodity chain involve tech, education, research and development, and high waves.

Most of the one billion malnourished people in the world

a group of people who see themselves as a community and who share experiences/customs/traits are referred to as

In Britain, the proximity of what 3 things gave an unsurpassed advantage to the development of early industry?

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called

Some industrial regions emerge cause of their raw material combinations. Which of the following isnt an example of this

High levels of development can be determined by the amount of access to railroads/phones/tv. These are referred to as

The continuation of economic dependence even after political independence is referred to as

Even if the Gross National Product (GNP) index is used to measure the well-being of a country, it will fail to show

Mexico has made export processing zones with special tax/trade/regulatory arrangements for foreign firms. This is called

Chinas "Pittsburgh" is

The type of movement that involves journeys that begin at and bring us back to our home is called

In which major world manufacturing country does industry not lie near sources of raw material?

which of the following is a characteristic of compact states?

a population pyramid with a wide base and narrow top is indicative of

Multiple nuclei model developed by Harris/Ullman came from the idea that _ was losing its dominant position in the city

NYC, like other large urban centers with great ports, is called a break of bulk location because

Which is not among the 5 stages of Rostow's development model?

The principal structuralist alternative to Rostow's model of economic development is known as

the core of a city is called the ____

Gross domestic product measures only

Hotelling's location analysis emphasized the role of

Service industries are commonly referred to as _____ industries

___ give loans to poor people, preferably women, to encourage development of small buisnesses

The increase in time and cost with distance is referred to as

A large component of survival in countries with low per capita GNP is

which of the following states fit the morphology description of a fragmented state?

Technopoles tend to locate near

Von Thunens agricultural land use model assumes

The set of processes that are increasing interactions/deepening relationships/heightening interdependence are called

In burgess' concentric zone model, the zone of transition became _______

Wallersteins three-tier regionalization of the world includes all of the following except

Fast, flexible production of small lots with outsourcing around the world is referred to as

Replacement rate, the # of births needed to keep a population at a stable level , requires a total fertility of

Core area agriculture is characterized by

According to Ravenstein, migrants who move longer distances tend to choose

according to geographer Carl Sauer, agriculture probably first originated in

El Salvador abandoned its currency, the Colon, in favor of the US dollar. This process is referred to as

The # of people per unit area of agriculturally productive land is the

Desertification in Africa is a particular problem as ___ of the continent is arid or semi arid

Agriculture is associated with the

The zone of probability for a business is marked by

Shifting cultivation is still practiced in many parts of

Microcredit programs have been successful in many places with the exception of

The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows

The word "development" implies

which of the following is an example of a nation seeking its own territory

a language that is the product of a process of convergence which allows speakers of 2+ languages to communicate is

Growing only enough food to feed your family is an example of

Modern ideas of development are related to

Trends in popular culture go from large global centers through a series of progressively smaller cities is an example of

which of the 4 classifications of economic activity must locate where the resources are found?

Quarry workers + owners, etc. represent an ex. of the links connecting producers and consumers in a world market.

People working inthe _ sector of economic activity tend to have high levels of specialized knowledge or technical skills

what term refers to an individual/groups attempt to identify/establish control over land? -leads to defense of the land

In the early 18th century, British textiles were manufactured