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Economic Geography

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agglomeration   show
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show economic activities that surrounded and support large-scale industries such as shipping and food service  
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anthropocentric   show
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backwash effect   show
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brick-and-mortar business   show
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show a firm that comprised of many smaller firms that serve several different functions  
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show national or global regions where economic power, in terms of wealth, innovation, and advanced technology, is concentrated  
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core-periphery model   show
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Deglomeration   show
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show loss of industrial activity in a region  
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development   show
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show web-based economic activities  
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economic backwaters   show
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export -processing zone   show
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fast world   show
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show system of standardized mass production attributed to Henry Ford  
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foreign investment   show
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show a measure of the opportunities given to a woman compared to men within a given country  
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globalization   show
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)   show
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Gross National Product (GNP)   show
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show measure used by the UN that calculates development not in terms of money of productivity but in terms of human welfare. The HDI evaluates human welfare based on three parameters: life expectancy, education, and income  
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industrial revolution   show
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show process of industrial development in which countries evolve economically, from producing basic, primary goods to using modern factories for mass-producing goods. At the highest levels of development, nationa  
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show areas that have been specially designed to promote business transaction, and thus have become centers for banking and finance  
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show countries that usually have low levels of economic productivity, low per capita incomes, and generally low standards of living. The world economic periphery includes Africa (except for South American), parts of South America, and Asia  
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primary economic activities   show
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show a measure of the goods and services produced within a particular country  
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Purchasing Power Parity   show
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quaternary economic activities   show
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regionalization   show
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Rostow's stages of development   show
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rust belt   show
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secondary economic activity   show
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semi-periphery   show
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service-based economies   show
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show the developing world that does not experience the benefits of high-speed technology  
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spatially fixed costs   show
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show an input cost in manufacturing that changes significantly from place to place in its total amount and in its relative share of total costs  
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show goods that are no mass-produced but rather assembled individually orin small quantities  
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show activities that provide the market exchange of goods and that bring together consumers and providers of services such as retail, transportation, government, person, and professional services  
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show a firm that conducts business in at leas two separate countries; also known as multinational corporations  
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world cities   show
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world-systems theory   show
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