Duplicate of APHUG: Miscellaneous Terms

Question 1

Silicon Valley in CA, Hollywood in CA, music industry in Nashville are all examples of:

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agglomeration

Question 2

This geographer's theory countered Malthus's; argued that ag tech could increase crop yield:

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Esther Boserup

Question 3

Cities located on outskirts of larger cities; serve many of same functions; sprawl & suburbs

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edge cities

Question 4

Areas where govt's create favorable investment & trade conditions to attract export industries:

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export processing zones

Question 5

Shipping containers from China come into port; products are transferred to semi-trucks:

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break of bulk point

Question 6

Maquiladoras are examples of:

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export processing zones

Question 7

London, New York, and Tokyo are:

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world cities

Question 8

Cities that serve as ports of entry & distribution centers; hubs of functional regions:

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gateway cities

Question 9

Resulting landscape when several originally separate metro areas merge into one due to growth:

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conurbation

Question 10

__________ account for 1/4 of the world's land and 2/5 of the world's population:

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BRICS

Question 11

English land use system; uses physical geography, direction & distance to determine ownership:

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metes and bounds

Question 12

Tries to predict patterns of interaction between people & cities based on size & distance:

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Gravity Model

Question 13

All of the following are true of primate cities except:

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they are more commonly found in MDCs

Question 14

U.S. land division system; encouraged westward expansion; 6x6 mile blocks of land; grid pattern

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township and range

Question 15

Businesses such as grocery stores, barbershops, dog groomers; keep $ within community itself:

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nonbasic sector

Question 16

The Rank-Size Rule states that:

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country's 3rd largest city should have 1/3 population of 1st

Question 17

Neighborhoods within cities occupied primarily by members of one cultural group:

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ethnic enclaves

Question 18

System of standardized mass production attributed to Henry Ford; assembly line production:

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Fordism/Fordist Production

Question 19

If an immigrant has adopted some new cultural traits but still practices their original traits:

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acculturation is happening

Question 20

Chain migration is to people/cultures as _____________ is to industries.

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agglomeration

Question 21

When different companies within the same industry cluster together in one location to cooperate

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agglomeration

Question 22

Areas dedicated to producing products to be exported to other countries; often low-income areas

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export processing zones

Question 23

Industries that can locate anywhere;transporting both raw materials & finished product is cheap

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footloose industries

Question 24

When snowbirds leave MN during winter & live in AZ, it helps AZ's economy but hurts MN's:

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backwash effect

Question 25

When political capital city is relocated to encourage population & economic growth in new area:

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forward/forward thrust capital

Question 26

True or False: Developing countries are more likely to have primate cities than are developed.

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True

Question 27

Which of the following is an example of a product in the informal economy?

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cocaine

Question 28

If second-generation immigrants are culturally indistinguishable from the dominant culture:

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assimilation has occurred

Question 29

Which of the following is not a concern about urban sprawl?

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desertification

Question 30

Megalopolis is an example of a(n):

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conurbation

Question 31

"BRICS" stands for:

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

Question 32

French system for dividing up land; narrow lots perpendicular to a river; equal access to water

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long-lot survey system

Question 33

True or False: Residents of squatter settlements pay rent to the land owner.

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false

Question 34

If there's a big city & a mid-size city equidistant from a person, person will go to big city:

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Gravity Model

Question 35

Theory that states that domination of coast/sea of Eurasia was key to world domination:

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Spykman's Rimland Theory

Question 36

All of the following are synonymous with "squatter settlements" except:

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hamlet

Duplicate of APHUG: Miscellaneous Terms

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Duplicate of APHUG: Miscellaneous Terms

Questions 36