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Ap Human Geography MC #1

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Development   show
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show The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period (normal one year)  
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show Also known as developing country, a country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development  
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show The percentage of a country's people who can read and write  
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show Also known as relatively developed country or a developed country, a country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development  
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Primary sector   show
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show The value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it  
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Secondary Sector   show
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Structural adjustment program   show
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show The portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communications, and utilities, and sometimes extended to the provision of all goods and services to people in exchange for payment  
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show The gross value of the product minus the costs of the raw materials and energy  
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Anthropocentric   show
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Fast world   show
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show The idea that the world is becoming increasingly interconnected on a global scale such that smaller scales of political and economic life are becoming obsolete  
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Gross National Product   show
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show Where countries grow economically, from producing basic goods to using modern factories for mass-producing goods. National economies are geared mainly toward the delivery of services and exchange of information  
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show A measure of all goods and services produced by a country in a year, including production from its investments abroad, minus the loss or degradation of natural resource capital as a result of productivity  
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Non-renewable resources   show
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outsourcing   show
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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 Africa), parts of South America, and Asia  
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Service based economies   show
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show The idea that people living today should be able to meet their needs without prohibiting the ability of future generations to do the same  
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World cities   show
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Core   show
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Core-periphery model   show
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show process by which companies move industrial jobs to regions with cheaper labor, leaving the original region to switch to a service economy and to work through a period of high unemployment; the loss of industrial activity in a region  
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show a measure of the opportunities given to women compared to men within a given country  
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Human Development Index (HDI)   show
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industrial revolution   show
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show These countries include Britain, France, The United States, Russia, Germany, and Japan, that were all at the forefront of industrial production and innovation through the middle of the 20th century.  
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manufacturing regions   show
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purchasing power parity   show
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show A model of economic development that describes a country's progression which occurs in five stages transforming them from least-developed to most-developed countries.  
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show newly industrialized countries with median standards of living, such as Chile, Brazil, India, China, and Indonesia. Semi-periphery countries offer their citizens relatively differs economic opportunities but also have extreme gaps between rich and poor.  
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slow world   show
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show A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located  
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show Immanuel Wallerstein: the emergence of a core, periphery, & semiperiphery in terms of economic and political connections (beginning of exploration in the late 15th century- present) maintained through increased economic access  
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