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Hum geo unit 1 Flashcards

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5 movements of geography

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movement, region, human environment, location, place

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Region

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An area that has atleast 1 common trait that sets it apart from an area

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movemnt

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spational interaction

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movemnt def

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movement of good people and ideas

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Accessibility

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Accessibility : How easy or difficult to overcome physical space

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spatioal interaction is based on

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highwyas, trains, and planes, techonology

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connectivity

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how places are conntected, using techonomolgy, and infrastructure

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spatial diffusion

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spreading of ideas and items

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globlization

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interconnection of people and countires world wide, driven by economy, cultures can be a side effect

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central noded

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central point

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formal region/uniform region

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must have one common triat that sets it apart from other region

ex, political entities, climate geions, germany - is it won country and political entities

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functional region/ nodal region

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organized around a central node and serves a purpose

ex. water tower, subway

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perceptual region/vernacular region

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reflts human belifs and attitudes abt area that are subjective. setreotypes,

ex. the middle east, the south

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human enviroment intraction

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what we do witht he earth, chaging enviomanet to meet their needs

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adapt

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We as humans change ourselves to meet the earth
Ex : igloo, making a home out to resources that are there
Clothing, air conditioning, heating

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mdify

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humans change the earth to meet human needs
Ex, Dams, roads, building

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depend

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Humans rely on an element of the earth for support
Ex: Water

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Environmental Determinism

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A people’s culture that is based on physical and geographical features of the Earth.

Ex :’ Comanchies used boffolos and deer skin up to their knees to protect from snakes. Adpated not modified.

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Possibilism

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Ablity for humasn to adapt to the the environment where only a little bit of the envirment deter is culture.

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location

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where is it

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Absolute location

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The coordinate latitude and longitude
ex : Flower Mound is 33 degrees N and 97 degrees W

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Relative location

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Comparisons to another feature on the earth
Ex: Mexico is South of the U.S

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latitude

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run left to right, equator

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logitude

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up and down, prime meridian

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site

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similar to absolute location but not interchange
The unique physical characteristics of a place
where is this place located to determine. To other locations

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situation

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similar to relitive location, where it is located in relation , helps to understand the importacne of a location

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place

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basically adjectives, what is the place like

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Containerization

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How we currently ship goods

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Break of Bulk point

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Where we change modes of transportation

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Commodities

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an item that is sold or traded

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commodification

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Take an item that was not ment to be sold, and we sell it and traded

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local diversity -

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As globalization spreads people wish to express their traditions which leads to more local diversity .

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distribution

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the arrenge ment of features on earths surface

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concentraction

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culstured or dispersed

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36
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Thematic map

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5 types, tells story through data

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Isoline/topographic maps

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Use lines of equal value to represent data like Elevation to that. The lines connect the data.

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Choropleth

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Use color and shading to depict the data being shown

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proportional symbol map

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a thematic map is which the size of a the symbol varies in proportion to the intensity of the mapped variable

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Dot map

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every phone a has a dot
One dot equal one phonomenal

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cartogram

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Using relative size of political units to convey a value
political units change as data increases

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culture

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is the man made part of the environment

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build environment

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The man made structures that we put on the earth

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Cultural landscpe

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when the man made structure ties reflects in with our culture

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Cultural trait

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a single attribute of a culture such as chopsticks

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Cultural region

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occupied by people who share cultural traits such as religions, languages, political organizations, etc.

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Cultural realm

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a large segment of earth with uniformity in cultural ahrecteristics

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Acculturation

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take on enough traits of the dominant culture to survive economically - usually language usally immigrants

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Assimilation

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Where you take on the dominant culture - blending

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Syncretism

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Fusing of immigrant culture with he native culture

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Cultural convergence

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The sharing of technologies, cultural traits and artifacts among widely separated societies.

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5 early cilizations

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Mesopotamia -
Nile river valley
Indus River valley
Huang p river valley / also called yellow river valley
Meso America

54
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cultural hearth

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centers of innovation and invention the center or cradle of a culture

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sequent occupance

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refers to the process by which a landscape is gradually transformed by a succession of occupy populations

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Distance Decay

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Father from the source the weaker the trait becomes. Negative. ( time sapce compression : squish time and space through technology, can get fast responds within mins. Due to technology)

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Cultural Barriers

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some practices, ideas, innovations are not acceptable which can keep you from adapting particular culture Ex : pork, alcohol,

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physical Barriers

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physical barriers on the earth’s surface may prohibit

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2 types of diffusion

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espansion and relocation

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expansion

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when and idea or trait or innovation spreads from one place to another and increase in the number of people

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3 types of expasion diffusion

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hiercarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion, stimulus diffusion

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hierarchical diffusion

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spread of an idea through an established structure usually from :
People of/ with power to people with no power

cellphone - rich-middle- and then everyone else

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reverse hierarchical diffusion

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instead of spreading from rich to everyone it goes from poor to everyone

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contagious diffusion

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spread rapidly of an idea/trait/concept through a group of people or an area
ex selfie

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stimulus Diffusion

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The spread of an underlying principle stays the same but the main idea changes

ex. Mc Donald - spread indian but the menu is not the same cause hindus dont eat beef

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Relocation culture

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when immigrants come into a country and continue to practice their language and culture but they do not try to spread their culture

67
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Migrant Diffusion

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a type of relocation diffusion - Is when innovation or trait, is started in the hearth(origin point) but when the people there travel out, they may spread thier culture in the new place . But the culture could of died out due to the fact thaat many people moved out

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intervening obstacles

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age, religion, language, access to technology. An obstacle to diffusion.

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Intervening opportunities

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Ex: when I am at mexico trying to get a job at colorado. But while traveling I found a great job at dallas.
when a better situation comes up rather than the unknown.

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Robinson map

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Exaggerates
distance and area
near the poles and
area looks smaller
near the equator

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robinsion adv and dis

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advatages - Better balance of size
and shape of latitude,
used by schools

disadvatages - Hard to see poles

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Mercator map

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Area larger near
the poles

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mercator adv dis

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advantages- Shows the direction,
used by mariners

disadvantagees - Greenland is longer
than South America
and looks as big as
Africa

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Goode map
(homolosine)

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Distorts shape of
water areas
(interrupts)

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Goode
(homolosine) dis and adv

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advantages - Distortion of land mas
is rather evenly
distributed

disadvantages - Not used often, many
interruptions in map

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Peters map

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Distorts distance
and shapes are
vertically
elongated

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peters dis and adv

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advantagges - Areas that are equal
size on the glob are
equal size on the map

disadvatages - Not accurate as it is
more “political”

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Azimuthal map

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latitude lines

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Azimuthal dis adv

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advantages - Used by airplane
pilots to plot the best
routes around the
globe

disadvantages - Can’t see the entire
world

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Primary economic sector

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connected directly with natural resources of any kind. Ex. agriculture, mining, fishing

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Secondary economic sector

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manufacturing) Processes, transforms and assembles raw materials into useful products.

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Tertiary economic sector

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(services) Provision of goods and services to people in exchange for payment.

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Quaternary economic sector

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(research & development) consists of intellectual activities often associated with technological innovation.

spreading info

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quinary

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leaders the dision makers

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Scale of analysis

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a scale that determines what is being studied based on the size of the area being examined, what level am i compring data

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Scale of inquiry

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what area of land is being studied

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small scale

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zoomed out

88
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large scale

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zoomed in

89
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gdp

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Gross Domestic Product- the total market value of all final goods and services produced annually in an economy

90
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gnp

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Gross National product (GNP): The total value of all final product and services owned by a countries resisdetns. Can be outside the countries border. Value of the product

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gni

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Gross national income (GNI): This is what our companies and people eran inside and outside of the country.

92
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per capita

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per person, shows the overall economic well-being of a country
GDP per capita

93
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ppp

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Purchasing Power Party (PPP):
Is what a dollar is worth is in different places that we go - International dollar
Ex $65000 in texas vs $65000 in LA
For and income and salary

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formal economy

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Taxed and supervised by the government, country with larger formal economy is more developed

95
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informal economy

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Not taxed and supervised by government
Ex: Side hustles, drugs, bartender, gambling, construction workers, babysitting, Bartering : villagers, low income countries, trading

96
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income distrubution

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High income economy countries caan mask high levels of poverty. Poverty levels affect the overall health of the country, or infrastructure of the country. , even income distrubution can lead to a country having less poverty and greater sense of equlity

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gini coeffient

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Gender inequality index : Measures the distribution of income within a population. Equality .

98
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gii

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gender inequality index

99
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HDI

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human developement index - to measue the level of developmet in countires

100
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standard of living

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refers to the level of welth, comfort, material, goods, and necessities available to a certain class

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