Heglund Quiz is on Tues. Nov 25, defentions from book's glossary
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| Location Theory | A logical attempt to explain the locational pattern of an economic activity and the manner in which its producing areas are interrelated.
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| Outsourcing | with reference to production, to turn over in part or in total to a third party
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| sunbelt | the south and southwest regions of the united states.
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| Technopole | centers or nodes of high-technology research and activity around which a high-technology corridor is sometimes established.
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| offshore | with reference to production, to outsource to a third party located outside of the country
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| deindustrialize | process by which companies move industrial jobs to other regions with cheaper labor, leaving the newly _____ region to switch to a service economy and to work through a period of high unemployment.
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| variable costs | costs that change directly with the amount of production (e.g. energy supply and labor costs.)
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| friction of distance | The increase in time and cost that usually comes with increasing distance.
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| Footloose industry | IDK, I didn't find it in the glossary or index so the definition will be:
Magical unicorn industry and that has a loose foot and rainbows are produced. YAY!
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| global division of labor | phenomenon whereby corporations and others can draw from labor markets around the world, made possible by the compression of time and space through innovation in communication and transportation systems.
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| gerrymandering | redistricting 4 advantage or the practice of dividing areas in2 electoral districts 2 give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible.
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| secularism | the idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on Earth, not to accommodate the prescriptions of a deity and promises of comfortable afterlife. Opposite of theocracy.
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| theocracy | a state whose government is under the control of a ruler who is deemed to be divinely guided, or of a group of religious leaders.
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| pandemic | an outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide.
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| transhumanance | a seasonal periodic movement of pastoralists and their livestock between highland and lowland pastures.
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