AP Human Geography Ms. Hancock D6 Linda Bedwell Vocabulary Cards
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| 9493970555 | Break-of-bulk point | A location where the transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another. Ex: Workers must unload goods from a truck and then reload them onto a plane. | 0 | |
| 9493970556 | Bulk-gaining industry | An industry in which the final product weighs more or has a greater volume than the inputs. Ex: Fabrication of parts and machinery from steel and other metals. | 1 | |
| 9493970557 | Bulk-reducing industry | An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs. Ex: Most of the steps of copper production: Mining, Concentration, Smelting, Refining, and Manufacturing. | 2 | |
| 9493970558 | Cottage Inustry | Manufacturing that was performed at the home prior to the Industrial Revolution. Ex: Handcrafts people make at home to sell to others. | 3 | |
| 9493970559 | Fordist | A form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to perform repeatedly. Ex: | 4 | |
| 9493970560 | Industrial Revolution | Involved major improvements in manufacturing goods and delivering them to the market. Ex: Machinery such as the spinning wheel to produce textiles, the water wheel used to power machinery and the steam engine were invented. These inventions aided in speeding up the production of manufactured items. | 5 | |
| 9493970561 | Labor-intensive industry | An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses. Ex: agriculture, mining, hospitality and food service | 6 | |
| 9493970562 | Maquiladora | A factory built by a U.S. company in Mexico near the U.S. border, to take advantage of the much lower labor costs in Mexico. Ex: 3 day blinds company | 7 | |
| 9493970563 | New international division of labor | Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low-paid less skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries. Ex: |  | 8 |
| 9493970564 | Outsourcing | A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers. Ex: companies do this so they can redirect their attention to its own competencies. | 9 | |
| 9493970565 | Post-fordist | Adoption by companies of flexible work rules, such as the allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks. Ex: | 10 | |
| 9493970566 | Right-to-work laws | A U.S. law that prevents a union and a company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join the union as a condition of employment. Ex: | 11 | |
| 9493970567 | Site factors | Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant, such as land, labor, and capital. Ex. | 12 | |
| 9493970568 | Situation factors | Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory. Ex. | 13 | |
| 9493970569 | Textiles | Industry revolved around making cloth; includes cotton gathering, spinning, and weaving. Ex. | 14 | |
| 9493970570 | Vertical Integration | An approach typical of traditional mass production in which a company controls all phases of a highly complex production process. Ex: | 15 | |
| 9493970571 | BRIC Countries | Deemed to be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development. Ex: | 16 | |
| 9493970572 | Agglomeration economies | Benefits that come when firms and people locate near one another together in cities and industrial clusters. Ex: | 17 | |
| 9493970573 | Just-in-time delivery | Shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed. Ex: | 18 | |
| 9493970574 | primary sector | The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth, generally through agriculture. Ex: | 19 | |
| 9493970575 | secondary sector | The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials. Ex: | 20 | |
| 9493970576 | Tertiary sector | The portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communications, and utilities, sometimes extended to the provision of all goods and services to people in exchange for payment. Ex: | 21 | |
| 9493970577 | Quaternary sector | Higher skill level jobs Ex: Doctors, lawyers | 22 | |
| 9493970578 | Quinary sector | Highest skill level jobs, decision may affect millions of people. Ex: President | 23 | |
| 9493970579 | footloose industries | General term for an industry that can be placed and located at any location without effect from factors such as resources or transport. Costs of the products do not change despite where the product is assembled. Ex: | 24 | |
| 9493970580 | Export Processing Zone (EPZ) | Areas within developing countries that offer incentives and a barrier-free environment to promote economic growth by attracting foreign investment for export-oriented production. Ex: | 25 |
