Last Vocab Unit

Question 1

Industrial Revolution

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l-A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

Question 2

Situation factors

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*s-The location of a place relative to other places. Situation factors Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory.

Question 3

Central Bushess District-

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:t-The area of a city where retail and office activities are clustere

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Rank-size rule-

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lie-A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/ n the population of the largest settlement

Question 5

Gentrification-

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-A process of converting an urban neighborhood from a predominantly low income, renter-occupied area to a predominantly middle-class, owner-occupied area

Question 6

Redlining-

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;-A discriminatory meal estate practice in North America in which members of minority groups are preventeted from obtaining money to purchase homes or propertyin predominantly white neighborhoods. The practice derived its name from the red lines depicted on cadastral maps used by real estate agents and developers. Today, redlining is officially illegal

Question 7

Squatter Settlements-An a are;

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ts-An aiarea within a city in a less developed country in which people illegally establish residences on land they do not own or rent and erect homemade structures

Question 8

. Peripheral model-

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-A model of North American urban areas consisting of an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas tied together by a beltway or r]ng road

Question 9

Rustbelt-

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■Urban areas in Ntew England and Middle West characterized by concentrations of declining inndustries (steel or textiles).

Question 10

. Counterurbanization-

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ti-is a demographic and social process whereby people move from urban areas to rural areas. It first took place as a reaction to inner-city deprivation and overcrowding.

Question 11

Break-of-bulk point-

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it-is a place where goods are transferred from one mode of transport to another, for example the docks where goods transfer from ship to truck. Break bulk was the most common form of cargo for most of the history ot snipping

Question 12

I. Gravity Model–!-

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del-A model which holds that the potential use of a service as a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the istance must travel to reach the service

Question 13

3. Outsourcing^

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Contracting with an outside company to provide a service or product instead oi providing it from within the organization.

Question 14

k Textile-;

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‘-A fabric made by weaving, used in making clothing.

Question 15

economic base-

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•the manufacturing and service activities preformed by the basic sector; functions of a city preformed to satisfy demands external to the cirty itself, earning income to support the urban population

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Concentric zone model-

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el-views cities as growing outward from a central area in series of concentric rings, much like the growth of trees.

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Sector model-

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il-A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a series of sectors, or wedges, radiating out from the central business district

Question 18

Urbanization-

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i-is the process wf an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs, this process is often linked to industrialization and modernization, as large tnnumbers of people Jea\ave farms to work ;live in cities.

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Sprawl-

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l-Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations tat are not contiguous to the existing built-up area

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Sunbelt-

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t-U.S. region, mostly comprised of southeastern and southwestern states, , which has grown most dramatically since World War II.

Question 21

, Deindustrialization-

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m-The causing to lose industrial capability or strength; making less industrial in character.

Question 22

Bulk-gaining industry-A

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y-An industry in which the final product weighs more or has a greater volume than the inputs.

Question 23

Rostow’s Model-

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1-The Rostow’s Stages of Growth model is one of the maior historical models of economic growth. It was published by American economist Walt Whitman Rostow in 1960. The model postulates that economic growth occurs in length.
Traditional society Preconditions for take-off Take-off ^ive to ma Age of High mass consumption

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5. Site Factors-

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rs-Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant, such as land, labor, and capital.

Question 25

Central Place theory-;

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ry-a theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are tewer and 0 are willing to travel farther

Question 26

Primate city-

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-The largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

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I Edge city-

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-A large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area

Question 28

». Multiple nuclei model-

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-A model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities

Question 29

Sprawl-D

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1-Development of new housing sites at relatively low density and at locations tat are not contiguous to the existing built-up area

Question 30

L. Maquilador-

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> r-Factories built by the U.S. companies in Mexico near the U.S. border, to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico.

Question 31

Green Belt-

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ilt-A ring of land maintained as parks, agriculture, or other types of open space to limit the sprawl of an urban area

Question 32

Blockbusting-

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-when real estate agents would seek tactics to try to get white neighbors to sell

Question 33

k Footloose Industry-

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/-An industry whose location is not strongly influenced by access to materials and/or markets, and can operate in a wide range of locations.

Question 34

. Bulk reducing industry-/

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y-An industry in which ththe final product weighs less or comprises a lower vohume than the inputs.