Levels of Economic Activity
More Economics
Urban vs. rural
More Urban/Rural
Politcal Geography
100
Economic activities that use natural resources directly are...
Level 1 (Primary) activities
100
This is the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
100
This is when plants and animals are tamed for use
What is Domestication
100
What it one common city location?
What is river corssing, natural harbor, head of delta, defensive hiltop site, or defensive site controlling a pass
100
These boundaries follow straight lines
What is Geometric Boundaries
200
People who work as doctors, teachers, and dry cleaners are engaging in what level
Level 3 (tertiary)
200
This is the total value of goods (domestic and international) and services produced by a country in a year
What is Gross National Product (GNP)
200
Prior to Domestication, humans obtained food by
What is Hunting and Gathering
200
This is commonly the downtown area of a city and has large buildings and businesses
What is Central Business District (CBD)
200
North Korea and Cuba are examples of what kind of government
What is Totalitarianism
300
This level is located at the sight of the resources
Level 1 (Primary)
300
This measure of development is based on the widespread use of machines
What is industrialization
300
The growth in proportion of people living in town and cities is
What is Urbanization
300
Give one of the book examples of a World City
What is (London, New York, Tokyo)
300
What connects government and geography
What is culture
400
This level is using raw materials to produce or manufacture somethine new.
Level 2 (Secondary)
400
This measure of development is near 100% in the U.S.
What is Literacy Rate
400
Agriculture began ______________ years ago
What is 10,000 years
400
The kind of agriculture practiced most widely aroud the world today is
What is Subsistence Agriculture
400
The two reasons that countries cooperate
political and economic
500
Give an example of a level 4 activity
engineer, architect, accountant...
500
Name one middle income country
Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, Argentina, or South Africa
500
In this method, farmers clear trees and brush and then burn it to provide nutrients to the soil before planting
What is Shifting Cultivation
500
Under this system, farmers grow products to sell to customers
What is Market-oriented agriculture (commercial agriculture)
500
What is the purpose of Tariffs and Quotas
To protect domestic business and industry
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