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Ch.11&12 Learning Guide

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Definition
maquiladora   to receive payment for grinding and processing corn  
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cottage industry   home-based manufacturing  
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coke   high-quality iron smelted with purified carbon made from coal  
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Industrial Revolution   a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods  
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situation factor   involve transporting materials to a factory  
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bulk-reducing industry   an industry in which the input weighs more than the final product  
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site factor   unique characteristics of a location  
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right-to-work laws   requires a factory to maintain a so called "open-shop"  
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Fordist   or mass production  
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Post-Fordist   used to describe lean production  
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canals and railroads   two forms of transportation that grew rapidly  
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labor intensive industry   one in which wages and other compensation paid to employees constitute a high percentage of expenses  
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less-skilled and low-cost workers   workers that work in the textile industry  
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break-of-bulk point   location where transfer among transportion modes is possible  
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outsourcing   a decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers  
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textile   a fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing  
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basic industries   industries that sell their products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement  
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business services   services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses, including professional, financial, and transportation services  
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central place   a market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from surrounding area  
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central place theory   A theory that explains the distribution of services based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services  
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city-state   a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland  
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clustered rural settlement   a rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family e situated close to eachother and fields surround the settlement  
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consumer services   businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health, and leisure services  
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dispersed rural settlement   a rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages  
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economic base   A community's collection of basic industries  
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enclosure movement   the process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller # of large farms in England during the 18th century  
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gravity model   a model that holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the # of people in a location  
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hinterland   or market area  
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market area   the area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services  
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nonbasic industries   industries that sell their products primarily to consumers in the community  
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primate city   the largest settlement in a country, if it ha more than twice as any people as the second-ranking settlement  
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primate city rule   a pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement  
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public services   services offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses  
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range   the maximum distance people are willing to travel to use services  
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rank-size rule   a pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement  
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service   any activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide that  
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settlement   a permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants  
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threshold   the minimum number of people needed to support the service  
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urbanization   an increase in the percentage of the number of people living in urban settlements  
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coal   the source of energyto operate ovensand the steam engines  
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chemicals   an indusrty created to bleach and dye cloth  
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food processing   essential to feed the factory workers no longer living in farms  
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perishable products   food such as bread or milk  
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ships   attractive for very long distances because the cost per kilometer is very low  
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trains   used to ship to destinations that take longer than one day to reach  
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convergence regions   primarily Eastern and Southern Europe, where incomes lag behind Europe's average  
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competitive and employment regions   primarily Western Europe's traditional core industrial areas, which have experienced substancial manufacturing job losses in recent years  
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boundary   invisible line that marks the extent of a state's territory  
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city-state   a sovereign state comprimisinga city and its immediate hinterland  
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density   the frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area  
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