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AP HUG Unit 7
review of what you need to know for unit 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | 1700s England. transition to machine manufacturing (coal, iron, and textile Mills) |
| Weber's least cost theory | factory location minimizes transport and labor cost |
| Primary Sector | extracts raw materials (farming, mining) |
| Secondary Sector | manufacturing (auto assembly) |
| Tertiary Sector | services (retail, healthcare) |
| Quaternary | Info and knowledge (research, IT, computer stuff) |
| gross domestic product (GDP) | total value of goods/services produced within a country |
| Gross National Income (GNI) | average income earned per person in a country |
| Gender Inequality Index (GII) | measures disparities in reproductive health, empowerment, and labor |
| Rostow's Stages | 5 stage model of economic modernization that every country goes through that is linear and Western biased model (traditional --> preconditions --> takeoff --> maturity --> consumption) |
| Wallerstein's World-systems | core (most developed countries exploit) -->semi-periphery --> periphery (least developed countries exploited) explains divide in global wealth |
| Comparative advantage | countries specialize in efficient production --> trade benefits both |
| dependency theory | lower developed countries stay poor and the global economy structure benefits more developed countries |
| Free Trade Zone | designated areas in a country where goods can be re-exported without intervention of customs authorities |
| Trade Organizations | WTO (rules), IMF (financial stability), World Bank (loans to lower developed countries |