AP Human Geography Unit 7

Newly industrializing countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the 

• Core
• Periphery
• Semi-Periphery
• External

Whose development model consists of a 5 stage process that countries go through as they develop economically?

• Losch 
• Rostow 
• Wallerstein 
• Weber

Countries in _____ and _____ would likely have the highest rates of gender equality.

• North America: Western Europe 
• South America: Western Europe 
• North America: South America
• East Asia: South America

Which types of countries' economies rely on primary (raw materials) economic activities?

• Core Countries
• Secondary

• Semi-Periphery Countries
• Periphery Countries

Which region of the world has no core countries?

• North America
• Western Europe
• Oceania
• Sub-Saharan Africa

Economic activities that are taxed and monitored by the government and count towards the GDP and GNP

• Formal Economy
• Informal Economy

A well-educated and skilled population, lower Rate of Natural Increase (RNI), access to health care, a higher GNI per capita, and lower levels of gender inequality are related to

• Core Countries
• Semi-Periphery Countries
• Periphery Countries
• NICs

Farming, mining, fishing, and forestry are all considered to be

• Primary Economic Activities
• Secondary Economic Activities
• Tertiary Economic Activities
• Quaternary Economic Activities

Created by Wallerstein to show that the world is interconnected and that we are all interdependent on each other.  Divides us into three tiers of economic prosperity (Core, Semi-Periphery, Periphery).

• Dependency Theory
• Neo liberal counterrevolution
• structural adjustment loan
• World Systems theory

The United Nations created these to help reduce disparities between developed and developing countries

• Sustainability growth ideas

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Sustainable Development Goals

• Sucky Ideas that don't fix much