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| What is the Demographic Equation? |
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| What includes the international migration of both native and foreign-born populations? |
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| Net international migration |
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| The United States in the mid-19th century was predominantly a(n) [ urban / rural ] society? |
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| What was the total U.S. urbanization rate in 1850? |
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| In 1850, which region was the most urbanized, and what was its urbanization rate? |
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| In 1850, what was the least urbanized region, and what was its urbanization rate? |
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| When did the U.S. economy transform from agriculture to manufacturing in the most pronounced fashion? |
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| _________ was rapid during the period of 1880-1930. |
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| Other than the industrial revolution, what other massive population shift greatly contributed to urban growth? |
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| Between 1880 and 1930, ________ people immigrated to the U.S. |
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| Most immigrants between 1880-1930 settled in [ urban / rural ] areas. |
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| Urban - This was where the jobs were. |
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| In 1930, which region was the most urbanized, and what was its urbanization rate? |
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| In 1930, what was the least urbanized region, and what was its urbanization rate? |
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| In 1930, what was the total urbanization rate of the U.S.? |
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| During what two periods did urban growth slow down? |
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| The Depression Era (1929-1940) and World War II (1940-1945) |
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| What has been the trend in the urbanization rate of the U.S. since 1950? |
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| In 2003 ("today"), what are the two most urbanized regions, and what are their urbanization rates? |
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| The Northeast and the West: around 90% |
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| In 2003 ("today"), what is the total U.S. urbanization rate? |
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| During which decade did large industrial- or manufacturing-based metropolitan areas begin to lost jobs and residents to smaller-sized metropolitan areas and non-metropolitan areas? |
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| True or False: The pace of urbanization was always uniform across all regions of the country. |
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| False: The current unequal regional urbanization rates are a product of historical past. |
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| In the 1970s, which two regions experienced very low population growth (even negative) along with substantial losses in the numbers employed in manufacturing jobs? |
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| What type of industry did the unsuccessful metropolitan areas focus on in the 1970s? |
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| In the 1960s, there was still very vigorous growth in which two regions? |
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| In the 1970s, which region took the biggest hit in urbanization rate? |
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| What is the term for the "scaling down of manufacturing production"? |
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| True or false: By the late 1970s, it was clear that the kind of stuff the U.S. was making was no longer very economically competitive with the goods from foreign countries. |
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| In the late 1970s, what was a response to mounting foreign competition, rising labor costs, high energy costs, declining profitability of manufacturing firms in U.S. locations, and the growing obsolescence of our industrial infrastructure? |
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| Instead of all stages of production occurring as an integrated process by a single corporation, what practice began in the 1980s? |
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| Vertical integration of firms, vertical disintegration of business |
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| What were the three factors in a metropolitan area that bred the strongest population and job growth in the 1980s? |
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1. Knowledge-based/high-tech industries
2. Labor recruitment in low-wage areas of the South
3. Emphasis on recreation and leisure-time activites |
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| What region did particularly well in the 1980s? |
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| True or False: The U.S. economy moved from predominantly goods-producing (manufacturing) to service provision. |
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| What is the term for firms, companies, or corporations providing business and professional services to other professional and business entities? |
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| Advanced/Producer Services |
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| What are locational concentrations of related economic activities? |
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| What are the four principle advantages of agglomeration economies? |
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1. Large labor pools
2. Specialized business services
3. Training facilities
4. Research institutions |
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| True or False: Urbanization will continue as an important trend, but metropolitan growth will occur in different geographic regions than in the past and for different reasons. |
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| For the past half-century, Metropolitan Area growth in which two regions has been the highest? |
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| [ Larger / Smaller ] metropolitan areas have generally grown faster than the others. |
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| Between 1995 and 2000, metropolitan areas experienced a domestic out-migration of how many people? |
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| True or False: Immigration in the 1980s and 1990s was not significant. |
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| Between 1995 and 2000, metropolitan areas received an influx of how many movers from abroad? |
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| In the late 1990s, how many immigrants went to metropolitan areas with populations of over 5 million? |
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| One recent trend is that large shares of the immigrant population now migrate directly to the ___________. |
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| True or False: Florida is still a very attractive place to move to. |
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| False: There has been a statewide loss of magnetism. |
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| Between 2007 and 2008, ____ of Florida's 67 counties showed reduced in-migration or greater out-migration. |
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| The _________ was the only region in the U.S. that had a large amount of urbanization in 1850, since it was basically the launching point of society. |
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