Oskooi - World Geography - Category 4
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| Economic | Anything to do with money, jobs, commerce
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| Scarcity | Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants
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| Traditional Economies | Farming, hunting, bartering
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| Primary economic activities | Direct use of natural/raw resources such as mining or agriculture
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| Secondary economic activities | Use of natural/raw resources to make consumer products, such as manufacturing
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| Tertiary economic activities | People-based activities, such as service jobs like waitresses or retail sales
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| Quaternary economic activities | Highly skilled professions which deal with movement and processing information such as specialized researchers
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| Economic spectrum | Scale describing the amount of government and/or private influences on the distribution and use of factors of production
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| Subsistence agriculture | Farming to feed immediate family only
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| Commercial agriculture | Large scale farming done for profit
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| Commerce | The buying and selling of goods or services
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| Manufacturing | Mass production of goods using machines
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| Goods | Agricultural and manufactured products
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| Services | Actions or activities one person performs for another
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| Cottage industry | Home or village-based production
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| Commercial industry | Factory-based production
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| Free enterprise | Market system, capitalism, individuals own means of production, economic decisions are made based on market forces (supply, demand, profit margin), individuals support limited social programs through taxes or charity donations
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| Socialist | Mixed, combination of government and private ownership of the means of production, government provides a number of social programs funded by higher taxes, government and individuals make economic decisions
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| Communist | Command system, government owns the means of production, economic decisions are made by central government, and government provides extensive social programs for population
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| Regulations | Government rules and restrictions affecting business and development
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| Free trade zones | A region where a group of countries has agreed to reduce or eliminate trade barriers
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| Infrastructure | Public systems that assist commerce; such as port or power grid
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| Transportation | Methods used to move people and goods and their supporting systems (i.e. railroads, airlines, highway system)
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| Technology | Application of tools or science to make life easier
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| Innovation | New way of doing something; inventions
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| Desalinization | Technology to remove salt from ocean water
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| Outsourcing | When one company hires another to perform a specific function, often using international sources to reduce labor costs
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| Global Positioning System (GPS) | Technology utilizing satellites in earth orbit to calculate and display accurate location, speed, and time information to the user
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| Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Spatial information systems which map database information
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