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| What did the Ag Revolution do? |
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| What did the Industrial Rev. do? |
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| Made machines for production and increased productivity |
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| Compliment or substitutes what we do |
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| What is the primary industry? |
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| Renewable resources (wind) |
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| What is a nonrenewable resource |
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| Adds value to primary industries |
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| What is an example of a secondary industry |
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| Banking, Accounting, Advertising, Legal Services |
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| What is an example of a shift to harness new forms of power and labor? |
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| Water power, steam power supplemented/replaced human |
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| Where did the Cottage Industry dominate |
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| Where did iron and coal diffuse to? |
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| Europe, Germany, Belgium and the US |
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| Greater levels of consumption requires what? |
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| Greater population and a shift of production from home to the worksite |
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| What are some variables that determine where raw materials are processed? |
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Where the materials are available
Market
Taxes
Transport Costs
Proximity to Resource and customers |
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| What happens to the cost as you go farther away from the resources? |
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| What is an example of bulk-reducing? |
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| What is an example of bulk gaining? |
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| What does new technology do to transportation costs? |
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| Forming clusters to take advantage of proximity, services, and resources (Mechanics next to car dealerships) |
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| Promoting a place cuz they want money (tourism) |
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| What is an example of place promotion for some countries? |
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| What is comparative advantage and what is an example? |
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| Advantage of offering product or service that nobody else can (casinos) |
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| How can you get cheaper labor? |
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| Increases practice, technological advances, experience |
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| No! firms and countries trade! |
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| The need for specialized raw materials |
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| When did ideas of free trade come about? |
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| A tax on imported goods to protect industries and jobs |
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| limit on how much we can import of an item |
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| What does the World Trade Organization do? |
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| Makes sure trade is fair and barriers are kept low. |
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| What does Bicameral mean? |
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| How many Senators does each state get? |
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| How are a states' electoral college votes determined? |
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| # of senators - # of representatives |
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| the reallocation of House of Representative seats after a census |
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| The drawing of district boundaries for political gain. |
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| How many seats are in the House of Representatives? |
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| What came from Treaty of Westphalia? |
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| Characteristics of a nation |
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| Shared history, language, and/or culture. |
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| What is self determination? |
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| Having the right to determine your own affairs |
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| What was the main goal of Cold War Geopolitics? |
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| To stop Communist expansion. |
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| What was the Domino Theory? |
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| The idea that if one country fell to Communism, neighbors would as well. |
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| What does M.A.D. stand for? |
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| Mutual Assured Destruction |
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| What were the 5 countries with nukes during the Cold War? |
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The United States
UK
France
Soviet Union
China |
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| What does N.P.T. stand for? |
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| What did the Non Proliferation Treaty mean? |
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| If you had nuclear weapons, you promised not to share that technology with others and if you didn't, you wouldn't go out in search of them. |
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| What are some examples of geopolitics in the media? |
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| Political cartoons, Novels, Movies, TV shows |
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| What comprises a geopolitical code? |
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Who are the current and potential allies?
Who are the current and potential enemies?
How can we maintain our allies?
How can we counter our current enemies? |
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| What are two countries that are becoming global superpowers? |
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