Theories
Describe stage 1 of the Rostow Theory.
Stage 1 - Ladder of development: Traditional society, subsistence agriculture, rigid gender roles & sexuality & and religion, and slow to change technology.
Define the process of outsourcing
The process of countries moving production to external facilities or organizations often out of the country (sometime with exploitation in mind)
Gross domestic product
Explain what a Primary Economic Activity is.
Extraction and harvesting of raw materials. Includes farming, fishing, mining, and forestry.
What is redlining?
The process of drawing of districts with the intent to separate ethnic groups from white populations is usually used as a discriminatory practice by city planning officials.
Name this theory: Countries experience the industrial revolution, technology and innovation breakthrough, beginnings of survival in the world economy
Rostow Stage 3
Define the process of Bulk gaining
An industry where the final product weighs more or has greater volume than the materials used to produce it.
What is GII?
Gender Inequality Index
Explain what Secondary Economic Activities are
Raw materials into finished products, industries such as manufacturing, construction, and utilities. Resources go from the primary sector to the secondary for consumption.
Define antecedent boundary.
A boundary between two states that is created before the area is populated with human society.
What stage of the Wallerstein World Systems Theory is this country in?
This country exports raw materials such as cotton and oil, they have strict gender roles and not very advanced technology.
This country is in the PERIPHERY
At what stage of the Rostow theory do countries experience an industrial revolution?
Rostow Stage 3
What is the meaning of HDI?
HDI or Human Development Index measures the achievements made in human development: standard of living, long life, etc.
What are some examples of jobs found in the Tertiary sector?
Healthcare, finance, education, retail, and hospitality.
What was the Berlin Conference?
The process where various European powers divided up the African continent (not taking account of cultural divides).
Describe the Anit-Rostow theory (AKA dependency theory)
Countries in the periphery cannot catch up to countries like the core, because core countries need them to remain poor to function. MDCs are reliant on LDCs.
Give an impact of deindustrialization in the U.S.
Job loss, reduced wages, and increase of jobs in the service sector.
Explain Gross National Impact (GNI)
The total value of goods and services produced by a country's residents, regardless of location
What does the Quaternary sector focus on?
Intellectual & knowledge-based activities, and encompassing fields like information technology, research, and development.
Define De Facto boundary.
A boundary that exists in practice or reality, even if it's not formally recognized or established by law or international agreement.
What stage of the Wallerstein World Systems theory is this country in?
This country's GDP is in the midrange compared to other countries, they can survive in the world market and have had their industrial revolution, they have many factories outsourced by other countries.
This country is in the SEMI PERIPHERY
Describe an impact of industrialization in the U.S.
Explain what Ecotourism is.
Tourism that is directed towards exotic (often threatened) natural environments, and is intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
Name all four sectors of economic development.
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary
Define a multi-state nation.
A cultural or ethnic group that exists across the borders of multiple states, sharing a common identity, but without having its own independent state