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Lec 4: Mapping the World Economy Flashcards

1
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What are the 7 key factors that determine industrial location?

A

1) Access to inputs
2) Availability of labor
3) Processing costs (different costs depending on the place)
4) Pull of the market (depends on the market in which the particular product is sold)
5) Transfer costs
6) Institutional and cultural factors (governments provide subsidies for products in certain places)
7) Behavioral considerations (owners’ personal choices, etc)

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What are the four tiers of the industrial structure of economies?

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1) Primary activities
- natural resources

2) Secondary activities
- processing of raw materials into products
- light and heavy mfq

3) Tertiary activities
- sale and exchange of goods and services
- retail, sales, hairdresser

4) Quaternary activities
- research + development

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3
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Distinguish light and heavy mfq

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light: finished consumer-oriented products
heavy: capital-intensive, intermediate products

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4
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describe the model of economic transition

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At the beginning, the majority of the workforce is in the primary sector. It then transitions to the 2nd, secondary, the tertiary, and the quaternary.

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5
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Is global distribution of industry evenly distributed

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no. it’s focused in regions that industrialized early:
- NA
- Europe
- Russia and ukraine
- East Asia

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6
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What are NA’s 2 major manufacturing regions?

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  • the rust belt
  • the sun belt
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7
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What are the 3 main regions of the rust belt?

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_ The North East
- The Great Lakes
- Canada

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What did Boston traditionally manufacture, and what does it manufacture today?

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traditionally: light mfq (clothes and textile)
today: electronics

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9
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What does NYC mfq?

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New York: apparel industries, processed foods, book publishing

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10
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What did Pittsburgh mfq?

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steel

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What did philadelphia and baltimore mfq?

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heavy mfq (steel, chemicals)

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12
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what did new jersey mfq?

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chemicals

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13
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what did upstate NY produce

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chemicals, optical devices

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14
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What did the following places in the great lakes region mfq?

  • detroit
  • chicago
  • cleveland and akron, ohio
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  • detroit: cars
  • chicago: meat packing and trains
  • cleveland and akron, ohio: tires
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15
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What did southern ontario and montreal mfq as part of the rust belt?

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Southern Ontario (cars, steel, chemicals), Montreal (aerospace,
textiles, pharmaceuticals, aluminum, pulp and paper)

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16
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What enabled the shift from frost belt to sun belt?

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a transition from rigid mass production to flexible specialization

17
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what are the 5 high tech pockets of the sun belt, and what do they mfq?

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  • so cal: aerospace, aircraft, apparel, electronics, biotechnology
  • san fran: silicon valley
  • seattle tacoma: aircraft and computers
  • technology triangle: software (IBM)
  • texas: high tech
18
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What are the 5 main mfq areas of Europe?

A

Germany
France
Italy
UK
Spain

19
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What are the 3 mfq areas of Germany, and what do they mfq?

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Ruhr: steel, petrochemicals (heavy)
Saxony: optical devices (light)
Stuttgart: high precision, luxury cars

20
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What are the 3 mfq areas of France, and what do they produce?

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Ile de France: heavy, steel, cars, biotech (outside of paris), and pharmaceuticals
Lyon: textile, food
Sophia-Antipolis: electronics development, mini silicon valley

21
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What are the 2 mfq areas of Italy, and what do they produce?

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the golden triangle: heavy and light mfq
3rd Italy: fashion, artisanal activities

22
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What are the 2 mfq areas of the UK

A

M4 corridor: hightech
Manchester: textile (key place in the beginning of the industrial revolution)

23
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What are the 2 mfq areas of Spain?

A

Barcelona: heavy + light
Bilboa: heavy

24
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What are Russia’s 4 main mfq areas?

A

central industrial region (moscow) and novgorod: heavy
volga region: steel, petrochemicals
urals region: resources (metallic ores)
vladivostok: proximity to asia

25
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What are the 4 key industrial districts of Japan?

A

Kanto Plain
* primary industrial region

Kansai District (Kobe-Kyoto-
Osaka triangle)
* heavy industry

Kitakyushu District (Kyushu
Island)
* shipbuilding, steel

Toyama District
* paper, textiles

26
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What does Japan’s industry depend on?

A

imports

27
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What are the 4 key industrial districts of China?

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N-E district: heavy industries, chinese Pittsburg
Northern district: textiles, farm equipment, light mfq
Chang district: iron and steel, and a variety of products
Guandong: world’s workshop, developing inland, micro chips

28
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What is particular about Shenzen?

A

it experienced very rapid economic growth

29
Q

What are the 4 asian tigers?

A

south korea: heavy industries, high tech
taiwan: high-tech industries
Hong kong: financial industries
Singapore: transportation hub, information-based activities

30
Q

When did the 4 asian tigers develop?

A

late 20th century

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