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Semester 2 Final Flashcards

1
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Basic Industries

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Industries that sell their products or services to consumers outside the community
Exports almost all of its production

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Business services

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Facilitate the activities of other businesses

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Consumer services

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Provide services to individuals consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them

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4
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Economic base

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A community’s unique collection of basic industries

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Non-basic industries

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Industries thy sell their products to consumers in the community

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Personal services

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Services that apply to personal needs

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7
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Primary Sector of the economy

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Sector making use of natural resources

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8
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Producer services

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Services that help people conduct business

Real estate

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Public services

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Provide security and protection for citizens and businesses

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Quaternary Sector of the economy

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Knowledge based parts of the economy

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Retail services

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Provide goods for sale to consumers

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12
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Secondary Sector of the economy

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Production of goods

Industry

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Tertiary sector of the economy

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Services

Banks

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Transportation and information services

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Providing transportation and info to the public

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15
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Business service example

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FedEx

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16
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Consumer service example

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Education, health/social services

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17
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Non-basic industry example

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Local grocery stores, other local businesses

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18
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Personal service example

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Salon

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19
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Primary Sector example

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Agriculture

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20
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Secondary Sector example

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Building things, manufacturing

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21
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Tertiary Sector example

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Retail services

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22
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Quaternary Sector example

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Knowledgeable Sector, researching and development

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23
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Producer services are

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1/6 of the jobs in the US

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Central place theory

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Explains the distribution of services. Settlements serve as centers of market areas for services.
The larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements

25
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Periodic Market (Farmers Market)

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Vendors come together

26
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Which countries have the best education?

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Singapore
Hong Kong
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan
27
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Which countries have the worst education?

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  1. Indonesia
  2. South Africa
  3. Ghana
28
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Where are most alpha cities?

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Northern hemisphere

29
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Global cities

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Have retail services w/ extensive markets. Also many specialized stores (Tiff + Co.)
Have the most of everything
Plays, concerts, operas, night clubs

30
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Alpha city

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Plays major role internationally
HUGE economic, political, social influence. Hubs for global industry and centers of culture
Ex: Johannesburg

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Beta city

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Cities that link moderate economic regions into the world economy
Ex: Portland

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Gamma city

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Cities that link smaller economic regions into the world economy
Ex: Shenyang, China

33
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Nuceleatsd

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Nucleus of the city

34
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Dispersed

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Spread out, scattered

35
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Linear

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Settlement follows road

36
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Isolated

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Isolated

37
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Central place theory outside circle

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Outside of circle is threshold
Cities and metropolises are fully urban 
Metropolis: San Fran
City: Santa Rosa
Town: Sebastopol
38
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Villages and hamlets are

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Rural settlements

39
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Metropolitan area

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Contains # of physical cities

Operates as integrated while

40
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Physical city

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Continuous development

Contains a central city and many nearby towns and cities

41
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Central city

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The major city of an area

Contains the central business district (CBD)

42
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Urban function

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Every city/town has an economic base

Basic Sector = export or local consumption

43
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Administrative

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Manages, organizes. Capital cities are always in this category
Ex: Salem

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Defensive

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Most medieval cities but today any town that specializes in armed forces training

45
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Cultural centers

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Cultural, education, religious functions

Ex: Mecca

46
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Collection town

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Recourses are sent, collected, and sent out
Mining towns, fishing ports, lumber yards, oil extraction
Ex: Kuwait City

47
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Production centers

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Manufacturing

Ex: N.Y.

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Transfer/Distribution center

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Seaports or financial centers

Ex: N.Y.

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Resort

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Natural and commercial amenities

Ex: Palm Springs

50
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Ethnoburbs

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A suburban residential and business area w/ a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population
Ex: Skokie, where the majority of the residents are Asian American

51
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Deterioration

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Houses grow old and fall into a state of disrepair

-landlords abandon properties instead of keeping them

52
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Gentrification

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the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.

53
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Green belt

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A zone of land around the city

54
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Public housing

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Intent: decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons w/ disabilities
-can be houses or apts

55
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Squatter settlements

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Where the people have no legal rights to the land they are built upon

56
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Planned communities

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Infrastructure
-Human made surroundings
-the built environment
-setting for human activity 
Ex: schools, roads
57
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Market Area

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Surrounds central place, from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services

58
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Central place theory settlements serve as

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Centers of markets areas for services

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