Unit 5
A collaboration within a company’s branches or between commonly owned companies that work together to sell goods
What is "Horizontal Integration"?
The growth of a single crop in a field
What is "Monoculture"?
urban areas expanding in an unplanned and uncontrolled way, covering large expanses of land in housing, commercial development, and roads.
What is "Urban Sprawl"?
The process of white families moving to the suburbs is known as ____________, as they moved out of the more racially diverse urban areas to the more homogenous suburbs
What is "white flight"?
the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a particular political party. This process can take different forms:
What is "Gerrymandering"?
A single firm of company controls the entire commodity chain Ex: Amazon becoming the primary online shopping firm without integration.
What is "Vertical Integration"?
Countries are _____________ when commodities make up 60% or more of their exports. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most ______________ region.
What is "commodity dependent"?
The establishment of residential communities on the outskirts of a city.
What is "Suburbanization"?
the rapid geographic growth of cities and towns, often through unsustainable methods
What is "Urban Sprawl"?
Gross National Product (GNP): The total value of goods and services produced (by the citizens and companies) within and outside of that country in a year
What is the "Gross National Product (GNP)"?
90% of farms are small and family owned/operated, but are being replaced by large-scale ___________________ enterprises
What is "commercial agricultural enterprises"?
helps to explain rural land use by emphasizing the importance of transportation costs associated with distance from the market; however, regions of specialty farming do not always conform to
What is "Von Thünen’s model"?
Based on consumer’s behavior and decision making through threshold and range. A hexagon shaped market area. Created by Walter Christaller
What is "Central Place Theory (CPT)"?
the idea that an urban society can be functional and sustainable to the environment at the same time
What is "Urban Sustainability"?
focuses on mass production of goods done efficiently, through automation, standardization, and economies of scale
What is "Fordism"?
a theory that examines the relationship between the cost of land and distance from CBD (Central Business District) or market.
What is the "Bid-Rent Theory"?
Organisms that have had their DNA altered through genetic engineering
What are "GMOs (genetically modified organisms)"?
The degree in which 2 places interact with each other based on population. The higher the population, the higher the interaction
What is the "Gravity Model"?
the transformation of an urban neighborhood, typically involving the influx of wealthier residents and changes in the economic and social character of the area.
What is "Gentrification"?
A place of worship for followers of Sikhism. It serves as a religious and community center for Sikhs and is characterized by specific symbols and architectural features unique to the Sikh faith.
What is a "Gurdwara"?
Crops and livestock grown and raised for family consumption, often in LDCs (wet rice farming, shifting cultivation/slash and burn, nomadic herding).
What is "Subsistence Agriculture"?
● A suburb that has grown rapidly into a large and sprawling city
● Often made up of many planned communities that have begun to merge together
● Ex: California; Mesa, Arizona; and Plano, Texas
The process of cities being divided into zones where only certain types of land use are permitted
(manufacturing, residential, commercial, etc.)
What is "Zoning"?
The redevelopment of vacant land for new buildings
What is "Infilling"?
a form of nationalism characterized by the desire of an ethnic community to assert complete control over its political, economic, and social affairs. It emphasizes the importance of ethnic identity in shaping the governance and policies of a state.
What is "Ethnonationalism"?