AP Human Geography Unit 7

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IHDI (Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index)

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24 Terms

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IHDI (Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index)

An adjustment to the HDI to account for the dispersement of equality

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PPP (Purchasing Power Parity)

An adjustment to the GNI to account for differences in prices

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Development

The process of improving lives of people by diffusing information and technology

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MDCs

More Developed Countries

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LDCs

Less Developed Countries

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HDI (Human Development Index)

The measure of life expectency, income, and education

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GDI (Gender Development Index)

Measures gender inequality in income, life expectancy, and education

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GNI (Gross National Income)

The value of ouput of goods and services including the money that leaves and enters the country

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GII (Gender Inequality Index)

Measures reproductive health, empowerment and labor market between genders

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Fair Trade

Provides higher equity to workers, standards protect the workers

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Industrial Revolution

1700s - Development from hand-made products to machines and factories (Started in Europe)

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Patriarchy

Male dominance in a society

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Sweatshop

A place that violates two or more labor laws (factories)

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Foxconn

Workers had to live on premises, only two 30 minute breaks in a 12 hour work shift, $2 an hour pay. Foxconn produces electronic components for Apple and Intel mostly.

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Microfinance

Loans from governments to small buisness owners who are in areas that don’t have infrastructure to give loans to them.

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Neoliberalism

Pushing for free trade and free markets, more globalization, ignores racism and inequality already in place (doesn’t help to fix it)

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Primary Sector of the Economy

People getting materials from the Earth

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Secondary Sector of the Economy

Manufacturing the raw resources from the primary sector

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Tertiary Sector of the Economy

Serivce sector, selling products from the secondary sector

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Quarterary Sector of the Economy

Technology, manufacturing, innovation

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Quinary

Executives, higher ups, government, education

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Wallerstein’s Theory

Core countries exploit semi-periphial and peripherary countries, semi-periphial countries exploit peripherary countries.

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Rostow’s Economic Model

Stage 1: Agriculture

Stage 2: Investment in new technology

Stage 3: Rapid growth in a few industries

Stage 4: Modern tech is spread, industries experience rapid growth

Stage 5: Economy shifts from production to heavy industry (Steel, energy, motor vehicles)

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Weber’s Theory

Modern societys want to be very effiecient and modernize to get things done (ethics are brushed to the side)

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