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

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Mode of spatial competition

putting your business near a competing business in order to limit their territory

Made by Hotelling

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Weber

Who created location theory?

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