AP Human Geography Unit 6 | Exam Questions
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Factories built by US companies in Mexico near the US border
to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico.
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1 Agglomeration 2 Maquiladora
3 Dependency Theory 4 Break of bulk point
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,Terms in this set (98)
Agglomeration The spatial grouping of people or activities for
mutual benefit.
Agglomeration (External) The savings to an individual enterprise derived
Economies from locational association with a cluster of other
similar economic activities, such as other
factories or retail stores.
Agricultural Labor Force A measure of the participating portion of an
economy's labor force.
Assembly Line Production Arrangement of workers, machines, and
equipment in which the product being assembled
passes consecutively from operation to
operation until completed.
Break of bulk point A location where goods are transferred from one
type of carrier to another. (e.g. Barge to Railroad)
, Bulk Gaining Industry An industry in which the final product weighs
more or comprises a greater volume than the
inputs.
Bulk Reducing Industry An industry in which the final product weighs less
or comprises a lower volume than the inputs.
Comparative Advantage The principle that an area produces the items for
which it has the greatest ratio of advantage or the
least ratio of disadvantage in comparison to
other areas, assuming free trade exists.
Core-Periphery Model A model of the spatial structure of an economic
system in which underdeveloped or declining
peripheral areas are defined with respect to their
dependence on a dominating developed core
region.
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Factories built by US companies in Mexico near the US border
to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico.
Choose an answer
1 Agglomeration 2 Maquiladora
3 Dependency Theory 4 Break of bulk point
Don't know?
,Terms in this set (98)
Agglomeration The spatial grouping of people or activities for
mutual benefit.
Agglomeration (External) The savings to an individual enterprise derived
Economies from locational association with a cluster of other
similar economic activities, such as other
factories or retail stores.
Agricultural Labor Force A measure of the participating portion of an
economy's labor force.
Assembly Line Production Arrangement of workers, machines, and
equipment in which the product being assembled
passes consecutively from operation to
operation until completed.
Break of bulk point A location where goods are transferred from one
type of carrier to another. (e.g. Barge to Railroad)
, Bulk Gaining Industry An industry in which the final product weighs
more or comprises a greater volume than the
inputs.
Bulk Reducing Industry An industry in which the final product weighs less
or comprises a lower volume than the inputs.
Comparative Advantage The principle that an area produces the items for
which it has the greatest ratio of advantage or the
least ratio of disadvantage in comparison to
other areas, assuming free trade exists.
Core-Periphery Model A model of the spatial structure of an economic
system in which underdeveloped or declining
peripheral areas are defined with respect to their
dependence on a dominating developed core
region.
