Unit VI: Industrialization and Economic Development

Unit VI: Industrialization and Economic Development

Chapters 9 & 11

Unit Learning Targets and Vocabulary

Unit Learning Targets:

1. I can discuss how the roles of energy and technology in society have changed since the

Industrial Revolution. (College Board Standards VI A1).

2. I can describe 3 impacts that the Industrial Revolution had on industries. (VI A2)

3. I can explain why the world is described as being divided into a more well-developed core

and a less-developed periphery. (VI A3)

4. I can explain and critique models of economic development such as:

a. Models of economic localization such as the Bid-Rent Theory,

b. Rostow'sstages of economic growth,

c. Wallerstein's World Systems Theory, and

d. Millennium Development Goals. (VI A4)

5. I can map the spatial organization of the world economy. (VI B1)

6. I can analyze variations in levels of development by calculating HDI (Human Development

Index) for countries. (VI B2)

7. I can describe 3 economic, social and demographic indicators of development. (VI B2)

8. I can explain why deindustrialization and economic restructuring occurs and how this

impacts industry. (VI B3)

9. I can explain outsourcing and the pros and cons that it provides a country. (VI B4)

10. I can discuss how international division of labor leads to globalization. (VI B4)

11. I can explain why the world's energy and mineral resources are being depleted. (VI B5)

12. I can explain global warming and the effects that it has on the Earth. (VI B5)

13. I can give examples of 3 renewable resources and 3 nonrenewable resources. (VI B6)

14. I can explain sustainable development. (VI B6)

15. I can discuss local development initiatives and government policies as it applies to a

country's development providing 2 examples. (VI B7)

16. I can explain the Gender-Related Development Index and Gender Empowerment Index.

(VI B8)

Unit Vocabulary:

Industrial Revolution

Cottage industry

Bulk-reducing industry

Bulk-gaining industry

Break-of-bulk point

Weber's Theory

Bid-rent theory

Labor-intensive industry

Textiles

Right-to-work laws

Maquiladoras

Outsourcing

NAFTA

Footloose industry

Deindustrialization

Commodity Chains

Development

Four Economic (Asian) Tigers

Heartland/Rimland

Core-periphery model

More developed country (MDC)

Less developed country (LDC)

Human Development Index (HDI)

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Primary jobs

Secondary jobs

Tertiary jobs

Quaternary jobs

Quinary jobs

Productivity

Value added

Gender-related Development Index (GDI)

Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)

Rostow's Development Model

Foreign direct investment (FDI)

Transnational corporation

World Bank

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Fair trade

Agglomeration

Biomass fuel

Fossil fuel

Renewable energy

Nonrenewable energy

OPEC

Pollution

Acid rain

Greenhouse effect

Conservation

Preservation

Biodiversity