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PHHS - APHUG: Important vocab for Unit 6 - Industrialization and Economic Devel.

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resources that are finite in amount; once they are used up they are gone   non-renewable resources  
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resources that are infinite in amount and can be used over and over again   renewable resources  
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concept that the value of a manufactured product is greater than the sum of its raw materials   value-added processing  
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product that is expected to last/be used for more than one year   durable good  
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product that is expected to last/be used for less than one year   non-durable good  
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the process that a good takes, starting off as raw materials, being refined/processed/manufactured/assembled, and ending with the good reaching consumers   commodity chain or supply chain  
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service jobs that are usually low pay, little/no benefits offered   low-benefit services  
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service jobs that are higher (usually salaried) pay, benefits offered   high-benefit services  
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one of the five required inputs for manufacturing; physical things that are changed somehow to produce a good   raw materials  
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one of the five required inputs for manufacturing; people are needed to perform work   labor  
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one of the five required inputs for manufacturing; raw materials need to get to factories, and finished products need to get to consumers   transportation  
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one of the five required inputs for manufacturing; facilities and services are needed for the factory to operate/be efficient   infrastructure  
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one of the five required inputs for manufacturing; a "power source" is needed to do the work   energy  
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industries where the raw materials and manufacturing are located in the same place   primary industries  
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industries where the raw materials and manufacturing are located in different places with some amount distance in between   secondary industries  
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states that three factors are considered in the decision of where to locate secondary industries: variable costs, friction of distance, and distance decay   location theory  
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states that three costs will attempt to be minimized when considering where to locate secondary industries: transportation, labor, and agglomerations   least cost theory  
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principle that industries can absorb the one cost increase as long as another input descreases in cost   substitution principle  
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occurs when agglomerations become over-developed and lead to increasing costs of land, labor, and transportation   deglomeration  
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industries that use large, bulky raw materials to create smaller, lighter finished products   weight losing industries  
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industries that assemble many small, light parts into a large, bulky finished product   weight gaining industries  
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process where one company oversees all steps in a commodity chain   Fordism  
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movement that introduced mechanization in the secondary sector   Industrial Revolution  
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one of the primary industrial regions; includes England, France, Germany, and northern Italy   Central and Western Europe  
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one of the primary industrial regions; includes northeastern United States and southeastern Canada   Eastern North America  
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one of the primary industrial regions; includes central Asia   Russia and Ukraine  
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one of the primary industrial regions; includes China and Japan   East Asia  
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ability to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost   comparitive advantage  
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place where transported cargo is transferred to another type of carrier   break-of-bulk point  
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Chinese cities not subject to normal communist economic laws   Special Economic Zones (SEZs)  
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exports zones in northern Mexico that primarily manufacture goods for export to the United States   maquiladoras  
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divides the world into categories: 1st world/2nd world/3rd world   Cold War model  
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3rd world states that do not have a functioning economy   4th world states  
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3rd world states that do not have a functioning economy, nor a functioning government   5th world states  
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theory that divides the world economically into cores, peripheries, and semi-peripheries   World Systems Theory  
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South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore; industrialized in the 1950s-1970s through U.S. foreign aid   Old Asian Tigers  
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China, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines; industrialized in the 1980s-1990s through foreign direct investment   New Asian Tigers  
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total value of goods and services produced by one country's citizens in one year   Gross National Product (GNP)  
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total value of goods and services produced in one country in one year   Gross Domestic Product (GDP)  
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total value of goods and services produced in one country in one year, plus the difference in value of a country's imports and exports   Gross National Income (GNI)  
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when the value of a country's exports is higher than its imports   trade surplus  
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when the value of a country's imports is higher than its exports   trade deficit  
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a calculation made on a "per person" basis   per capita  
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measures the development of a country on a scale of 0 to 1 by analyzing the country's GDP per capita, literacy rate, average education level, and total life expectancy   Human Development Index (HDI)  
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measures income disparity of a country's citizens on a scale of 0-1 or 0-100   Gini Coefficient  
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measures the inequalities between men and women in a country   Gender-Related Development Index (GDI)  
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theory that all countries will go through 5 similar stages as they industrialize; created by Walt Rostow   Modernization Model  
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three main criticisms of the modernization model:   colonial legacies, government corruption, capital flight  
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theory that countries will get stuck in cycles of debt and repayment as they attempt to industrialize; created by Raul Prebisch   Dependency Theory  
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Possible ways to end the cycle of dependency:   prevent capital flight, create import substitution, nationalize industries, use profit-sharing agreements, develop high technology  
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money given from 1st world to 3rd world countries   foreign aid  
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money loaned from organizations like the World Bank and IMF to developing countries to assist in industrialization and construction of infrastructure   development loans  
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money invested by individuals or corporations in emerging economies with the hopes of making large profits   foreign direct investment  
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the process by which a country shifts from manufacturing to services as the dominant economic sector   deindustrialization  
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reason why America deindustrialized   foreign competition in manufacturing  
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states that retail locations should be placed in areas that meets the threshold number and minimizes the range of consumer travel   retail location theory  
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theory that analyzes desireable traits in areas to attract protential employees   service location theory  
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cities that drive the global economy due to contentrations of money and power   world cities  
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carbon emmissions contribute to the greenhouse effect, a condition known as   global warming  
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