Unit 6 Flashcards
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Situation characteristics
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easy access to trading partners, resources, and other connections, which fuels growth and economic development
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Site Characteristics
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- factors include landforms, climate, availability of water, soil quality, and natural resources of the land.
- favorable topography, natural resources, location on a trade route, and land that is easy to defend
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Major industry in Houston, TX
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functions as a center of the oil and energy industry
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Invention that led to sprawl
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Automobiles
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Rank-Size Rule Example
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- Libya, Nigeria
- Australia
- Brazil
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Primate Cities Example
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- Mexico City, Mexico
- Paris, France
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Tokyo, Japan
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Examples of high range/high threshold services
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- high-order goods include items like luxury cars, high-end fashion, and works of art
- high-order services include professional sports events, museums, and cultural festivals
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Examples of low range/low threshold services
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- low-order goods include those found in grocery stores and other common retail stores
- low-order services include hair salons, barber shops, and post offices
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Where are most megacities found?
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They are found in peripheral and semi-peripheral countries in Asia and Africa
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Criteria factors for world cities
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- population is not important
- major cities of the world make up a network of economic, social, and information flows
- world cities act as nodes, or focal points, of this network
- they are major centers for communications, banking, and finance and sites of leading global markets for commodities, investment, and foreign exchange
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