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Ch 18 Vocab

Term	Definition
Industry	Any economic activity using machinery on a large scale to process raw materials into products
Raw Materials	Any metals, wood or other plant products, animal products or other substances that are used to make intermediate or finished goods
Industrialization	The process in which the interaction of social and economic factors causes the development of industries on a wide scale
Industrial Revolution	The radical change in manufacturing methods that began in Great Britain int he mid-18th century and was marked by the shift from small-scale, hand-crafted, muscle-powered production to power-driven mass production
Cottage Industries	Preindustrial form of manufacture in which members of families spread out through rural areas worked in their homes to make goods
Economic Sectors	Collections of industries engaged in similar economic activities based on the creation of raw materials, the production of goods, the provision of services or other activities
Primary Sector	Economic sector associated with removing or harvesting products from the earth; includes agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining or quarrying, and extracting liquids or gas
Secondary Sector	Economic sector associated with the production of goods from raw materials, include manufacturing, processing and construction
Tertiary Sector	Economic sector that includes a host of activities that involve the transport, storage, marketing and selling of goods or services; also called the service sector
Quaternary Sector	Economic sector that is a subset of tertiary sector activities that requires workers to process and handle information and environmental technology
Quinary Sector	Economic sector that is a subset of the quaternary sector; involves the very top leaders in government, science, universities, nonprofits, health care, culture and media
Postindustrial Economy	An economic pattern marked by predominant tertiary sector employment- with a good share of quaternary and quinary jobs
Gross Domestic Product	The total value of the goods and services produced by a country's citizens and companies within the country in a year
Dual Economies	Economies with two distinct distributions of economic activity across the economic sectors
Least-Cost Theory	Industry location theory proposed by Alfred Weber suggesting that businesses locate their facilities in a particular place because that location minimizes the costs of production
Agglomeration	The tendency of enterprises in the same industry to cluster in the same area
Break of Bulk Points	Location where it is more economical to break raw materials into smaller units before shipping them further
Bulk Reducing Industries	Industry in which the raw materials cost more to transport than the finished goods
Bulk Gaining Industries	Industry in which the finished goods cost more to transport than the raw materials
Industrial Parks	A collection of manufacturing facilities in a particular area that is typically found in suburbs and is located close to highways to facilitate movement of raw materials and finished products

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