Chapter 10 Essential Questions
1. How do you define and measure development?
2. How does geographical situation affect development?
3. What are the barriers to and the costs of development?
4. How do political and economic institutions influence uneven development within states?
Chapter 12 Essential Questions
1. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin, and how did it diffuse?
2. How do location theories explain historical patterns of industrialization?
3. How has the industrial production changed, and with what geographic consequences?
4. Where are the major industrial belts in the world today and why?
5. What is the service economy, and where are services concentrated?
Learning Targets
I can explain and give examples of economic, social, and demographic indicators of development, for the more and less developed cultural regions of the world.
I can identify where more developed and less developed countries are located, and explain why some regions are more developed than others
I can compare and contrast the levels of gender inequalities in various countries, and give examples of economic, social, and demographic indicators of gender development.
I can compare and contrast the models of development.
I can give examples of and explain advantages and disadvantages of development through self-sufficiency and international trade.
I can describe how due to financing obstacles, Less Developed Countries obtain loans from various sources.
I can explain the benefits of fair trade.
I can identify the regions where the majority of the world’s industrial production is concentrated and why industry became important in these regions .
I can give examples of how resources and location influence the distribution of industry.
Chapter 10 Vocabulary Words
developing
structuralist theory
exporting processing zones
dependency theory
maquiladoras
world-systems theory
per capita GNI
formal economy
microcredit program
neo-colonialism
modernization model
structural adjustment loans
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
gross national product (GNP)
Chapter 12 Vocabulary Words
deglomeration
global division of labor
intermodal connection
variable costs
primary industrial regions
deindustrialization
friction of distance
break-of-bulk point
outsource
least cost theory
agglomeration
just-in-time delivery
offshore
Fordist
technopole