Urban Development
Vocabulary: Hard Mode
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Freedom at Last!
200

A planned development consisting of multiple office buildings, often with supporting amenities like cafes or gyms, situated in a landscaped, campus-like setting.

Corporate Park
200

Foundational geographical concepts defining why settlements or industries develop in specific locations.

Site and Situation Factors

200

Of the types of primary countries in the World Systems Theory

Core

200

Hope you remember his name by now, for his location of agriculture based on transportation costs and land value.

Von Thünen

200

Charles Carroll of Carrollton was the last surviving signer of this, dying on November 14, 1832.

Declaration of Independence

400

Urban growth that skips over vacant land adjacent to existing developed areas, building instead on distant, cheaper, or non-adjacent land.

Leap-Frog Development

400

A banking service providing small loans, savings accounts, insurance, and money transfers to low-income individuals.

Microfinance

400

Rostow's Stages of Growth

Age of High Mass Consumption

400

He created the theory of economic development!

Walt Rostow
400

A renowned abolitionist, author, and orator, he escaped slavery in Maryland in 1838.

Frederick Douglass

600

It's when talented people from periphery regions relocate to core regions.

Backwash Effect

600

An economic principle stating that an entity should specialize in producing goods or services for which it has a lower opportunity cost.

Comparative Advantage

600

Countries of the World

Afghanistan

600

Most countries in Southeast Asia are this, due to being mostly manufacturing-based.

Semi-peripheral

600

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Coachella

800

HDI is sometimes paired with this hyphenated term, which might account for gender disparities.

Inequality-Adjusted

800

A business strategy that involves a company gaining control over multiple stages of its supply chain.

Vertical Integration

800

Of the things to remember on your study guide! You did look over it, right? (Hint: there was a clue on it last time.)

Break of Bulk Point

800

Plants that produce this chemical are located close to the corn fields to minimize transportation costs.

Ethanol

800

This country celebrates Independence Day on June 12, celebrating its 1898 independence from Spain!

Philippines

1000

Abbreviated EPZ, it's a designated, often fenced-in, industrial area in a country designed to encourage foreign investment and boost exports.

Export Processing Zone

1000

A state of reduced spending, strict economy, and lack of luxuries.

Austerity

1000

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and Clean Energy

1000

The classic model of the Industrial location theory primarily considers these costs.

Shipping

1000

He was released from prison on February 11, 1990, after spending 27 years incarcerated for his opposition to apartheid.

Nelson Mandela

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