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Geography
9th Grade
02/23/2010

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Washington Concensus
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Label used to refer to the fundamental principles of free trade
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Globalization
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the expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact
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Networks
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defined by Manuel Castells as a set of interconnected nodes without a center
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Participatory Development
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the notion that locals should be engaged in deciding what development means for them and how it should be acheived
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LETS
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a barter system whereby a local currency is created through which members trade services or goods in a local network
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Vertical Integration
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ownership by the same firm of a number of a number of companies that exist along a variety of points on a commodity chain
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Synergy
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the cross-promotion of vertically-integrated goods
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Gatekeepers
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people or corporations who control who control access to information
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Horizontal Integration
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ownership by the same firm of a number of companies that exist at the same point on a commodity chain
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Types of Networks
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Information Technology
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* the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
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Time Space Compression
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a term associated with the work of David Harvey that refers to the social and psychological effects of living in a world in which time space convergence has rapidly reached a high level of intensity
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NGOs
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international organizations that operate outside of the formal political arena but that are nevertheless influential in spearheading international initiatives on social, economic, and environmental issues.
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Barter or Trade System
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An economic system in which two parties trade certain goods or services that each needs to survive.
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Weblog
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A website in the form of an ongoing journal; a blog
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Global Manufacturing Corporation
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International company
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Gillian Rose
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(born 1962) is a British geographer and geographic author.
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Personal Connectedness
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the idea that people around the world are connected
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Spontaneous Shrine
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Permanent Shrine
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Commodity Chain
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series of links connecting the many places of production and distribution and resulting in a commodity that is then exchanged on the world market
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Developing
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with respect to a country, making progress in technology, production, and socioeconomic welfare
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Developed
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being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful; "the developed qualities of the Hellenic outlook"; "they have ...
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GNP
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total value of all goods and services produced by a country's economy in a given year.
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GDP
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the total value of all goods and services produced within a country during a given year
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Per Capita GNI
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the dollar value of a country’s final income in a year (Gross National Income, or GNI)
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GNI
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The total market value of the goods and services produced within a country and abroad in a year is called the GNI
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Formal Economy
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the legal economy that is taxed and monitored by a government
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Informal Economy
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economic activity that is neither taxed nor monitored by a government
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Modernization Model
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model of economic development most closely associated with the work of economist Walter Rostow.
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Calorie Consumption
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the average amount of calories consumed in a given country
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Context
Definition
geographical situation in which something occurs
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Neo-Colonialism
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a term used by post-colonial critics of developed countries' involvement in the developing world
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Core Periphery Model
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Dependency Theory
Definition
structuralist theory that offers a critique of the modernization model of development
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Development
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a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage
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Structuralist Theory
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general term for a model of economic development that treats economic disparities among countries or regions as the result of historically derived power relations within the global economic system
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Dollarization
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occurs when the inhabitants of a country use foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency
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World-Systems Theory
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theory originated by Immanuel Wallerstein and illuminated by his three tier structure
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Trafficking
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Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited
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Structural Adjustment Loans
Definition
loans granted by international financial institutions such as the World Bank
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Vectored Diseases
Definition
disease carried from one host to another by an intermediate host
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Malaria
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spread by mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite in their saliva
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EPZs
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zones established by many countries in the periphery and semi periphery where they offer favorable tax, regulatory, and trade arrangements
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SEZs
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specific area within a country in which tax incentives and less stringent environmental regulations are implemented to attract foreign business and investment
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NAFTA
Definition
agreement entered by into by Canada, Mexico, and the US in December, 1992
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Desertification
Definition
the encroachment of desert conditions on moister zones along the desert margins
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Islands of Development
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place built up by a government or corporation to attract foreign investment and which has relatively high concentrations of paying jobs and infrasrtucture
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Microcredit Program
Definition
program that provides small loans to poor people, especially women, to encourage development of small businesses
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Energy Consumption
Definition
The amount of energy consumed in the form in which it is acquired by the user
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Technology Gap
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The technology gap theory describes an advantage enjoyed by the country that introduces new goods in a market
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Measures of Development
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