AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 12
VOCAB WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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Industrial Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER-The social and economic changes
in agriculture, commerce, and manufactoring that resulted from
technological innovations
Location theory - CORRECT ANSWER-predicting where businesses will or
should be located
Variable costs - CORRECT ANSWER-Costs that change directly with the
amount of production (e.g., energy supply and labor costs)
Friction of distance - CORRECT ANSWER-the increase in time and cost that
usually comes with increasing distance
Least cost theory - CORRECT ANSWER-Model developed by Alfred Weber -
according to which the location of manufacturing establishments is
determined by the minimization of three critical expenses; labor,
transportation, and agglomeration
Agglomeration - CORRECT ANSWER-When a substantial number of
enterprises cluster in the same area, as happens in a large industrial city,
they can provide assistance to each other through shared talents, services,
and facilities
Deglomeration - CORRECT ANSWER-Industries leave the crowded urban
areas of the U.S. eastern megalopolis and move to other locations
Locational interdependence - CORRECT ANSWER-Theory developed by Harold
Hotelling that suggests competitors, in trying to maximize sales, will seek to
constrain each other's territory as much as possible
Primary industrial regions - CORRECT ANSWER-Western and Central Europe,
Eastern North America, Russia and Ukraine, and Eastern Asia
Break-of-bulk point - CORRECT ANSWER-cargo is transported from one mode
of transportation (a ship) t
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