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AP Human Chapter 12

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Cottage industries   show
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Economies of scale   show
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show Cluster of inventions and innovations that brought large-scale economic changes in agriculture, commerce- and manufacturing in late eighteenth century Europe.  
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Hinterland   show
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show The position of a city or place relative to its surrounding environment or context.  
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Network   show
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show Benefit a service or product receives by being the first to market.  
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show Area to which an innovation diffuses and from which the innovation diffuses more broadly.  
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Globalization   show
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show Manufacturing system in which raw materials are brought into a central location and component parts and the final product are produced at the same location and then shipped globally.  
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show The merging of businesses that serve different steps in one commodity chain.  
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Location theory   show
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show Cost advantages created when similar businesses cluster in the same location. For example, car manufacturers cluster in a city or region to tap into a skilled labor force and access infrastructure, services, and technology.  
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Least Cost Theory   show
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Friction of distance   show
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Intermodal   show
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Capitalism   show
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show Transformation of goods and services into products that can be bought, sold, or traded.  
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Global division of labor   show
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show Increasing connectedness between world cities from improved communication and transportation networks.  
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show Production system in which parts are delivered as needed to the assembly line so that parts are not warehoused, stored, or overproduced.  
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show The movement of production from one site to another based on the place-based cost advantages of the new site.  
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Node   show
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show Steps in the production of a good from its design and raw materials to its production, marketing, and distribution.  
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Outsourcing   show
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show Position of a place or area relative to others in a network.  
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show Tapping into companies that specialize in production around the world to manufacture goods.  
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show Pattern of flows from raw material to global product to disposal or reuse of products that shows all the places connected through production.  
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Newly industrializing countries (NIC)   show
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Break of Bulk Point   show
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Deindustrialization   show
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Rust Belt   show
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show Areas along or near major transportation corridors that are devoted to the research, development, and sale of high-technology products.  
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