Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

AP Human Geography Unit 7 Vocab Ch 18-20

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
show the tendancy of enterprises in the same industry to cluster in the same area  
🗑
break-of-bulk point   show
🗑
bulk-gaining industry   show
🗑
show industry in which the finished foods cost more to transport than the raw materials  
🗑
show an aspect of dependence theory that occurs when more than 60% of a country's exports and economic helath are tied to one or two resources  
🗑
comparative advantage   show
🗑
complementarity   show
🗑
cottage industry   show
🗑
deindustrialization   show
🗑
dependancy theory   show
🗑
dual economy   show
🗑
show form of tourism based on the enjoyment of natural areas that minimizes the impact of the enviroment  
🗑
export processing zone (EPZ)   show
🗑
show highly organized and specialized system for industrial production that focuses on efficency and productivity in mass production named after Henry Ford  
🗑
formal sector   show
🗑
show a relativly large geographicals area within a country in which buissnesses pay few or no tariffson goods to encourage or facilitate its role in international trade  
🗑
show a measure that calculates gender disparity in the three basic demensions of human development: health, knowledge, and standard of living  
🗑
show a measure that calculates inequality based on three categories: reproductive health, empowerment, and labor-market participation  
🗑
gross domestic product (GDP)   show
🗑
gross national income (GNI) per capita   show
🗑
gross national product (GNP)   show
🗑
growth pole   show
🗑
show the process involved in the improvement of poeple's freedoms, rights, capabilites, choices, and material conditions  
🗑
show a measure that determines the overall development of a country by incoporating 3 key demensions of human development: life expectancy at birth, acess to education, (expected and mean years of schooling), and standard of living measured by GNI per capita  
🗑
show 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  
🗑
industrial revolution   show
🗑
show the process in which the interaction of social and economic facotrs causes the development of industries, on a whole scale  
🗑
industry   show
🗑
informal sector   show
🗑
internation division of labor   show
🗑
just-in-time delivery   show
🗑
show rate that measures an economy's active labor force, calculated by taking the sum of all employed workers divided by the working age of the population  
🗑
show industrial location theory proposed by Alfred Weber suggesting that buissnesses locate their facilities in a particular place that location minimizes the cost of production  
🗑
show a very small-short term loan with low interest intended to help people in need  
🗑
show the economic effet in which a change creates a larger change, such as when a new manufacturing plant grows the economy by giving rise to more related jobs and services  
🗑
neoliberism   show
🗑
show the condition when one or more aspects of production moves to an organization in another country  
🗑
post-fordism   show
🗑
post-industrial economy   show
🗑
show an economic sector that is a subset of tertiary sector activities that requires workers to process and handle information and enviromental technology  
🗑
quinary sector   show
🗑
show any metals, wood, or other plant products, animal products, or other substances that are used to make intermediate or finished goods  
🗑
secondary sector   show
🗑
special economic zone (SEZ)   show
🗑
show a model that suggests that all countries can be categorized on a spectrum from traditional to modern, countries need to pass through distinct stages of economic growth in succession  
🗑
tertiary sector   show
🗑
women empowerment   show
🗑
show collection of industries engages in similar economic activities based on the creation of raw materials, the production of goods provision of services, or other activities.  
🗑
show economic secotr associated with removing ro harvesting products from the earth; includes agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, or quarrying, and extracting liquids or gasses.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: Amelia987
Popular AP Human Geography sets