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Economics Review Rebecca Angoyar. Process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology. Development. Provide security and protection for citizens and businesses. Public Services.
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Process of improving the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology.
Provide security and protection for citizens and businesses.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.
Nicknamed the “iron horse.” Canals were superseded by this invention. It was invented by two males with the help of the steam engine. Name these two males for extra credit.
Railway System. Created by William Symington and William Murdoch
Families living in close proximity to each other with fields surrounding a collection of houses and farm buildings.
Total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1,000 births in a society.
The area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services. Name the geographer responsible for this theory for bonus points.
A settlement surrounded by fields where people produce food by planting feeds and raising animals rather than hunting and gathering.
French linear settlenments that were often located along rivers and the strips of land extended back from the water.
These are not necessary for survival. E.g: Cars, entertainment, and telephones.
A study that asses optimal locations for services as well as the comparison data generated by the business to market area population.
The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, and assembling raw materials.
Farmers living on individual farms isolated from neighbors rather than alongside other farmers in settlements.
Regional economic affiliations which increase economic transaction between member countries. The main affiliations are the Western Hemisphere, Western Europe, and East Asia.
Buildings clustered along road, river, or dikes to facilitate communications in long, narrow strips.
Theory explaining the distribution of settlements based on the fact that settlements serve as market centers for people living in the surrounding area.
A model explaining how the diversely sized settlements and service areas interact with each other.
Total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society
The process of consolidating small land holdings into a smaller number of larger farms in Englad during the 18th century.
Transportation, communications, & domestic sources of equipment, tools, & machines needed to build & operate new factories.
The average number of years a new born infant can expect to live at current mortality levels.
Market center for the exchange of goods and services by people from the surrounding area.
