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GMO (genetically modified organisms)
An organism that is created when scientists take one or more specific genes from one organism and introduce them into another organism thus creating a new version
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GMO (genetically modified organisms)
An organism that is created when scientists take one or more specific genes from one organism and introduce them into another organism thus creating a...
gravity model
A law of spatial interaction that states that larger places attract people, ideas, and goods more strongly that smaller places
Green Revolution
The development and transfer from the developed world to the developing world, of higher-yield and fast-growing crops through new and improved technol...
gross domestic product (GDP)
The approximate value of all final goods and services produced in a country per year
gross national product (GNP)
The gross domestic product (GDP) plus the value of income from abroad such as earnings from a US company based abroad
growth pole
An urban center deliberately placed by a country's government to stimulate economic growth in the hinterland
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
GMO (genetically modified organisms) | An organism that is created when scientists take one or more specific genes from one organism and introduce them into another organism thus creating a new version |
gravity model | A law of spatial interaction that states that larger places attract people, ideas, and goods more strongly that smaller places |
Green Revolution | The development and transfer from the developed world to the developing world, of higher-yield and fast-growing crops through new and improved technology, pesticides, and fertilizers, for the purpose of alleviating world hunger |
gross domestic product (GDP) | The approximate value of all final goods and services produced in a country per year |
gross national product (GNP) | The gross domestic product (GDP) plus the value of income from abroad such as earnings from a US company based abroad |
growth pole | An urban center deliberately placed by a country's government to stimulate economic growth in the hinterland |
heartland-rimland theory | Halford Mackinder's theory that the country that dominated the landmass of Eurasia (heartland) would eventually rule the world (rimland) |
hierarchial diffusion | The adoption of an official language by the ruler or administration, a language diffused downward into the society |
hinterlands | The surrounding trade area of an urban area |
host society | The dominant culture group in an area receiving a minority group |
human capital theory of migration | The migration theory that states that educated workers often migrate from poor countries to wealthy countries seeking better-paying jobs |
imperialism | The use of military threat, cultural domination, and economic sanctions to gain control of a country and its resources |
import substitution | The production of goods and services internally by the periphery country that were once supplied by the core |
Industrial Revolution | The movement from homebased cottage industries to factory industries with several workers under one roof that the use of machines facilitates in England in the late 1700s |
innovation | A new invention |
intensive subsistence agriculture | A form of agriculture heavily depends on heavy inputs of fertilized and human labor on a small piece of land for substantial crop yield |
internally displaced person | A person who is forced out of the home region due to war, political or social unrest, environmental problems, etc., but who does not cross any international boundary |
intervening opportunity | The idea that migrants will choose a location closer rather than farther if all other factors are roughly the same |
irredentism | The destabilizing situation that arises when an ethnic group supports and seeks to unite with its ethnic population in another country |
land survey | A method for parceling out land to its occupants (differs according to the charter group's ethnicity in the United States and Canada) |
language family | A group of languages that are related and derived from a single, earlier language |
latitude | The degrees north or south from the equator for a location on the surface of the Earth. Measured in parallels. |
least-cost theory | A theory, developed by Alfred Weber, that states that three main expenses-labor, transportation, and agglomeration-must be minimized when locating an industry |
less-developed countries (LDCs) | Countries located on the edge of the world core that are seeking improved conditions for their residents through economic growth |
life course theory of migration | A theory that states that the interaction effects of family life course events (became married, had a child, became divorced) with migration have important repercussions on a society |
lingua franca | A language that is not part of the culture of the country but is one that is informally agreed upon as the language of business and trade |
localization economies | The cost savings for individual industries as a result of grouping together in a certain location |
locational interdependence theory | A theory developed by Harold Hotelling that suggests that competitors in their effort to maximize sales, will try and limit each other's territory by locating close to each other in the middle of their combined customer base |
longitude | The distance east or west from the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds using lines of identical longitude, called meridians |
long-lots system of land survey | A land survey method used by French and Spanish charter groups in North America in which long lots of land extended outward from river frontage |