Human Geography: Industrial & Economic Development Flashcards

According to Rostow's stages of economic growth, which stage is characterized by sustained industrialization and rapid economic growth as a society moves beyond traditional methods?

Answer: Take-off

The take-off stage features sustained industrialization and rapid, self-sustaining economic growth.

Wallerstein's World-Systems Theory classifies countries into which three categories?

Answer: Core, semi-periphery, periphery

World-Systems Theory divides the global economy into core, semi-periphery, and periphery regions.

A factory location chosen to minimize transportation costs by sitting near raw materials best reflects which theory?

Answer: Weber's least cost theory

Weber's least cost theory explains industrial location by minimizing transport, labor, and agglomeration costs.

Which term describes the spatial grouping of related industries to share services, infrastructure, and labor pools?

Answer: Agglomeration

Agglomeration is the clustering of related businesses to share resources and reduce costs.

An industry whose location is not strongly tied to raw materials or markets, such as software development, is described as:

Answer: Footloose

Footloose industries can locate almost anywhere because they are not tied to specific resources or markets.

The Gross National Income (GNI) per capita is most commonly used to measure a country's:

Answer: Level of economic development

GNI per capita is a standard indicator of a country's economic development level.

A bulk-reducing industry, such as steel production, tends to locate near:

Answer: The source of raw materials

Bulk-reducing industries locate near raw materials because the final product weighs less than the inputs.