Human Geography Quiz
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Hotelling
Who created the mode of spatial competition model?
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Losch
Who created the zone of profitability
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Hotelling’s theory
Locational interdependence is another term for___________
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Spinning wheels, water wheels
Energy sources in the industrial revolution
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coal
New energy source after industrial revolution
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Steam engine, water pumps, railroads
new inventions from industrial revolution
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James Watt
who created the steam engine?
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Matthew Boulton
Who improved the steam engine
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Transportation, Labor, + Agglomeration
What are the 3 categories of cost?
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Friction of distance
Time and cost increases with distance
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Weber’s Model
Companies gauge where production and agglomeration cost will be the least and where they can earn the most profit
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Variable costs
Energy supply, labor, transport, expenses
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Location theory
predicting where business with be located
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Zone of Profitability
Choosing where you can maximize profit
made my Losch
made my Losch
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Mode of spatial competition
putting your business near a competing business in order to limit their territory
Made by Hotelling
Made by Hotelling
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Weber
Who created location theory?
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