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AP Human Geography

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Adolescent fertility rate   The number of births per 1000 women aged 15-19  
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Agricultural labor force   A measure of the participating portion of an economy's labor force  
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Calorie consumption   The total number of calories in a daily diet allocation  
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Core-periphery model   A mode of the spatial structure of an economic system in which underdeveloped or declining peripheral areas are defined with respect to their dependence on a dominating core region  
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Cultural convergence   The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly use technology and organization structure in the modern world united by improved transportation and communication  
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Dependency theory   Theory that most of the LDCs are highly dependent on foreign-owned factories, foreign direct investment, and technology from MDCs to provide employment opportunities and infrastructure  
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Development   A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology  
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Energy consupmtion   The use of energy as a source of heat or power or as a raw material input to manufacturing process  
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Fair trade   An alternative to international trade, emphasizes small businesses and worker-owned and democratically run cooperatives, requires employers to pay worker fair wages, permit union organization, and comply with minimum environmental and safety standards  
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Foreign direct investment   Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country  
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Four Tigers   Asian countries of South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; promoted development through international trade  
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Fracking   The pumping of water and high pressure to break apart rockes in order to release natural gas  
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Gender   Male/female  
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Gross domestic product (GDP)   The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period (normally one year)  
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Gross national product (GNP)   The value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year, including money that leaves an enters the country  
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Housing Bubble   A rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their value  
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Human Development Index (HDI)   An indicator of the level of development for each country, constructed by the United Nations, that is based of income, literacy , education, and life expectancy  
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Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI)   An indicator of development that modifies the HDI to account for inequality within a country  
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Literacy rate   The percentage of a country's people who can read and write  
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Maternal mortality ratio   The percentage of women who die giving birth per 10,000 births  
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Microfinance   Provision of small loans and other financial services to individuals and small businesses in developing countries  
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Millennium Development Goals   Eight international development goals that all members of the UN have agreed to achieve by 2015  
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Neocolonialism   A disparaging reference to economic and political policies by which major developed counties are seen to retain or extend influence over the economies of LDCs and people  
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Physical Quality of Life Index   An attempt to measure the quality of life or well-being of a country  
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Productivity   The value of a particular product compared tot hte amount of labor needed to make it  
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Purchasing power parity (PPP)   The amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods and services in another country; PPP adjust income figures to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods  
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Sustainable development   Development that does not rely on a resource that is being used faster than it can be produced  
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Technology gap   The contrast between the tech available in developed core regions and that present in peripheral areas of underdevelopment  
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Technology transfer   The diffusion to or acquisition by one culture or retention of the tech possessed by another, usually more developed society  
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Third World   Countries that have mainly agricultural and resource-based economies, found in, but not limited to, Latin America, African, Caribbean countries  
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World Systems Theory   Wallerstein's theory that is also known as the core-periphery model  
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