CHAPTER 6 GUIDED READING



ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 6 SECTION 1

1. Name the three types of economic systems found around the world.

2. Define market economy.

3. Define free enterprise.

4. Define capitalism.

5. Define command economy.

6. Define subsistence economy.

7. What is communism?

8. The creation and distribution of resources affect the _______________.

9. What is the difference between Gross National Product (GNP) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

10. What is industrialization?

11. What is standard of living?

12. Define Literacy Rate.

13. Define developing country.

14. Define developed country.

15. Define infrastructure

16. On page 117 there is a chart at the bottom of the page. Answer the questions on the bottom of interpreting the table.

17. What are 4 of the countries that geographers call middle-income countries?

18. What factors would you use to measure the level of economic development in a country?

19. How does technology fit into the success of developing and developed countries?

20. Who were considered the Super Powers countries from the ‘60’s – 90’s?

SECTION 2 - URBAN AND RURAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Define domestication.

2. Define urbanization.

3. What factors influence the growth of cities?

4. Define world cities.

5. What is Central Place Theory?

6. What is a central business district (CBD)?

7. What are edge cities?

8. What are serious problems facing cities today?

9. What is subsistence agriculture?

10. What is shifting cultivation?

11. What is pastoralism?

12. What is market oriented agriculture?

13. What is agribusiness?

SECTTION 3 - GEOGRAPHY AND GOVERNMENTS

1. Define natural boundaries.

2. Define cultural boundaries.

3. Define geometric boundaries.

4. What is nationalism?

5. What is a totalitarian government?

6. What is democracy?

7. What are tariffs and quotas?

8. What is terrorism?

9. What is International Cooperation?

10. What is the WTO?

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