AP HUG Study Guide – Economic Geography
Know the terms from your vocab list.
For the following, you should be able to define/analyze, give real world examples, show cause and effect.
The Industrial Revolution
Origin, causes, and associated technologies
Deindustrialization
Transnational, footloose, cottage, conglomerate industries
Export processing zones
Rostow’s stages of development
Indicators of development
GNP, GDP, % of pop in ag, HDI, GDIetc…
Gender Equity
Industrial Location Theories
Weber, Hottelling and Losch
Bulk Gaining and Bulk Breaking Industries
Break of bulk points
Differing Methods of development – sustainability, international trade, self sufficiency
Agglomeration
World Cities
Ancillary activities
Types of Economic activities
Primary Quinary
World Cities
Models of transportation
Wallerstien’s Core-Periphery Model
Natural Resources and current reserves (who has the most of what)
Renewable Resources
Asian Tigers & reason for success
Site vs. Situation
Transfer of industrial capabilities, type of diffusion
MDC vs. LDC
Free Response Questions
Silicon Valley & the Research triangle – investment capital, labor, government & agglomeration
Weber’s industrial location theory
Diffusion Automobile factories in the U.S
Economic restructuring – international division of labor impact in the U.S (core) & periphery
Maquiladora’s spatial distribution & why Mexico is an important location in the global market
AP HUG Study Guide – Economic Geography
Know the terms from your vocab list.
For the following, you should be able to define/analyze, give real world examples, show cause and effect.
The Industrial Revolution
Origin, causes, and associated technologies
Deindustrialization
Transnational, footloose, cottage, conglomerate industries
Export processing zones
Rostow’s stages of development
Indicators of development
GNP, GDP, % of pop in ag, HDI, GDIetc…
Gender Equity
Industrial Location Theories
Weber, Hottelling and Losch
Bulk Gaining and Bulk Breaking Industries
Break of bulk points
Differing Methods of development – sustainability, international trade, self sufficiency
Agglomeration
World Cities
Ancillary activities
Types of Economic activities
Primary Quinary
World Cities
Models of transportation
Wallerstien’s Core-Periphery Model
Natural Resources and current reserves (who has the most of what)
Renewable Resources
Asian Tigers & reason for success
Site vs. Situation
Transfer of industrial capabilities, type of diffusion
MDC vs. LDC
Free Response Questions
Silicon Valley & the Research triangle – investment capital, labor, government & agglomeration
Diffusion Automobile factories in the U.S
Weber’s industrial location theory
Economic restructuring – international division of labor impact in the U.S (core) & periphery
Maquiladora’s spatial distribution & why Mexico is an important location in the global market