final exam Flashcards
(22 cards)
In under developed countries, most people live in ____ areas rather then _____ areas
rural areas, urban areas
In underdeveloped countries, birth and death rates are ___ and life expectancy is ___
high, low
In developed countries, what 2 industries do most people work in?
Services and manufacturing
what is the millennium development goal?
aiming to improve the lives of worlds poorest people
What 2 reasons why nations in Africa and Eastern Europe saw a huge drop in income in the 1990s
Commodity Dependence (Africa),Post-Communist Transition and Economic Restructuring
Model explains spatial relationships between countries and explains uneven economic development. 3 parts core, semi periperhy, and periphery
Wallerstein / world systems
Model looks at how counties become economically developed. Has five stages: tradition;, society, pre-conditions to take off, take off, drive to maturity, and high mass consumption
Rostow/modernization
In what stage and # of Rostov’s development model do countries experience little ability to move up and become more wealthy
traditional stage 1
In what stage of rostows development do countries become a major export industry with increase international trade?
Drive to maturity stage 4
Wallerstein world system theory divides the world into 3 regions, list them.
Core, semi periphery, periphery
In the dependency theory, the ____ sends cheap labor & natural resources to the semi periphery and the core
periphery
What is the Brandt line theory
North- south divide, highlighting the economic disparity between developed and developing nations
economic activities that involve mining, fishing, agriculture, forestry, are called?
Primary sector activities
Outsourcing
progress of hiring a party outside a company to perform and make goods
Improvements in ___ and ___ also encourage trade and the spread of globalization
transportation and communication
Why are industrial and residential activities discouraged in the CBD
high land costs, limited space, and traffic congestion
example of vertical geography
ground level retail shops, office spaces, condos, or apartments
define edge cities
new urban centers that have emerged outside if traditional downtown areas
where is the elite residential section in the latin American model located
surrounding the commercial spine
what is the population of the fourth largest city in a country where the rank size rule applies if the largest city is one million in population
250,000
define gravity model
a mathematical model used to predict and describe interactions between locations
the largest population increase within U.S cities has occurred in?
