Economic Sectors & Jobs
What sector involves extracting natural resources?
Primary sector
What measures average income per person?
GDP per capita
What is the shift from farming to manufacturing called?
Industrialization
What is the abbreviation for the central business district?
CBD
What is the uncontrolled expansion of cities called?
Urban sprawl
What sector focuses on manufacturing goods?
Secondary sector
What index includes income, education, and life expectancy?
Human development index (HDI)
What is moving production to another country for cheaper labor called?
Outsourcing
What model shows cities growing outward in rings?
Concentric zone model
What is the percentage of people living in cities called?
Urbanization rate
What sector involves high-level decision making and research?
Quaternary sector
What term describes the gap between rich and poor countries?
Development gap
What model explains stages of economic growth?
Rostow’s Stages of economic growth
What model shows cities with multiple centers?
Multiple nuclei model
What is a squatter settlement also known as?
Shantytown
What sector includes top executives and government leaders?
Quinary sector
What is a country between developed and developing called?
Newly industrialized country (NIC)
What is bringing production closer to consumers called?
Onshoring
What model shows development along transportation routes?
Sector model
What is the movement of wealthier people into urban areas called?
Gentrification
What sector provides services instead of goods?
Tertiary sector
What is borrowing money from global institutions for development called?
Foreign debt
What theory explains global economic inequality based on core and periphery?
Dependency theory
What model describes cities in Latin America with a central spine?
Latin American city model
What is the daily movement between home and work called?
Commuting