Chapter 8 Economic Geography: Primary Activities

Non metallic mineral reserves

________ consist of quarries of stone, clay and sand pits.

Forestry and fishing

________ need other natural resources that are unequal in occurrence.

Johann Heinrich von Thünen

________ observed that uniformly fertile areas of farmland were used differently in the early 19th Century when the governmental influences were the normal.

Technology

________ has provided advanced countries with vast materials that substitute ores and metals produced by developing states.

Preindustrial societies

________ have no knowledge of or need the resources below for hunting, gathering, or gardening grounds.

Primary commodities

________ contribute to the total dollar value of international flows.

Trade

________ in unprocessed goods still remains dominant in the economic well- being of many third world countries.

food preferences

Culturally based ________ rather than environmental limitations may dictate the choice of crops or livestock.

WTO

________ (Established in 1995) was designed to reduce trade barriers and inequities.

Goods

________ and services are created for the use of the producers.

Production patterns

________ are rooted in the spatially variable circumstances of the physical environment.

worlds forests

The ________ and woodlands probably covered some 45 percent of the Earths land area before the rise of agriculture.

Commodity prices

________ are volatile.

Nairobi package

________ included agreements to eliminate export subsidies for agricultural products.

Complex

________ environmental and cultural realities control the economic activities of humans.

Animals

________ provide a variety of products.

Reverse flow

________ carried manufactured goods from industrialized states for sale to developing countries.

Minerals

________ can be used for social, economic, ecological, and recreational purposes.

Annual food supplies

________ are more than sufficient to meet world needs.

WTO

________ is ineffective on issues of importance to developing countries.