The World Economy
What term describes the region in the US that was hit hardest by deindustrialization?
The Rust Belt
In highly developed countries, which economic sector is the most dominant?
Tertiary
What is the term for forces that tend to break states apart or prevent them from forming?
Centrifugal
What is the term for farmers growing food crops to feed only themselves and their families.
Subsistence
In which model is there more than one Central Business District?
Multiple Nuclei Model
Several car rental companies share the cost of building a communal parking lot for their cars. What is this an example of?
Agglomeration
Which term describes the worth of what is produced within a country plus income received from investments outside the country in a given year?
Gross National Income
Identify something that can act as a centripetal force within a state.
Shared language, religion, national identity/culture, strong national infrastructure
Which kind of commercial agriculture produces products like coffee in tropical environments?
Plantation agriculture
Which model features a zone of transition?
Concentric Zone Model
Why do companies engage in outsourcing? (more in-depth than simply "to save money")
To take advantage of lower wages, weaker labor/ environmental laws, and government incentives
In which of these countries would you find the highest level of gender equality?: Panama, Australia, Norway, Mali, India
Norway
Why do states usually transfer power to subnational levels of government?
To prevent the break up of the state
Which kind of subsistence agriculture is extensive and takes place in drylands?
Pastoral nomadism
In which model do functions of the Central Business District appear in the suburbs?
Galactic Cities Model
What advantage do economies of scale give to companies with high levels of output?
Efficiency
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What does the Gini Coefficient measure?
The distribution of income within a population
What term describes when one state annexes another state’s territory on the basis of shared culture, history, or ethnicity?
Irredentism
Which kind of commercial farming is intensive and involves both the growing of crops and raising of animals?
Mixed crop/livestock
In which model is upper class housing disconnected from the Central Business District?
Concentric Zone Model
What line illustrates the development gap between MDCs and LDCs?
The Brandt Line
What job sector includes information technology, research and development (R&D), and specialized consulting?
Quaternary
When Yugoslavia broke up, it fragmented into different states. Name four of them.
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia
Which kind of commercial farming is extensive and takes place on large expanses of dryland?
Ranching
In which model is industry and manufacturing not a contiguous zone?
Multiple Nuclei Model
What are Export Processing Zones called in Mexico?
Maquiladoras
What measures does the Human Development Index take into consideration?
GNI per capita plus social measures like life expectancy and education level
What historical event(s) led to the creation of the term "balkanization"?
The breakup of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires in the Balkan Peninsula
Which kind of agriculture is practiced in Chile, Southern Africa, and Australia, and produces figs and dates?
Mediterranean
Found in the galactic cities model, what is the term for nodes of economic activity that have developed in the periphery of large cities
Edge cities