Ch 13 Key Issues: Urban Patterns Key Issue 1: Why Do Services Cluster Downtown? Central Business District: downtown; area of a city where retail and office activities are clustered Va Beach CBD: Virginia Beach’s central business district is the Town center/Pembroke area. Its major retailer being the Pembroke Mall. There are many shops and buildings that allow for a range of activities. Those activities may include shopping brand-clothing to walking in the park. There are many office workers
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Chapter 1 Lesson 1: Ancient Economic Thought Pato – “Specialization has 2 effects” * It increases output and improves welfare of the individual in society by producing more goods and services‚ secondit is a component of justice. * Interpersonal relationship is necessary and justice exist when group does things that are in their nature. Xenophone – student of Socrates * Division of labor and the allocation of resources whithing the Latifunda as a way to self-sufficiency. “Oeconomicus”
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Pg. 328-330 “field note: changing greens!” * Ranchlands of South Dakota hold soybeans * Roundup Ready Soybeans (genetically modified) * Roundup is a weed killer produced by Monsanto – they have corn‚ cotton‚ and other crops that are resistant to roundup too * ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – production of crops without modification * Organic food sales: 1980 was $200 million then 1990 was $1.5 billion and by 2003 was $10 billion (growing 20% annually over the last decade) * Only 2%
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Ian Cabalo October 2012 Period Two AP World History Unit 2: Chapter 8: The Unification of China In Search of Political and Social Order A. Confucius (551-479 B.C.E.) and His School 1. Confucius a. Educator and political authority b. Sayings were compiled in the Analects by his disciples 2. Confucian Ideas a. Basically honesty and ethical in character b. Thoroughly practical: how to restore political and social
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Chapter Review Human migration began in eastern Africa‚ where remains of the earliest types of human remains were found to originate. Gradual migration was caused by the need to find scarce food and slowly caused the spread of the human population across to the Americas and Australia. Agricultural societies first emerged in the middle east. Since population was increasing‚ it encouraged people to find a more reliable food source and since the ice age had come to an end‚ it brought the retreat
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Ap human chapter 8 political geo. Key issue #1: where are states 1.State: A state is an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government that has control over its internal and foreign affairs. 2.Sovereignty: A state has sovereignty‚ which means independence from control of its internal affairs by other states. 3. A. korea : The division of these zones became permanent in the late 1940s‚ when the two superpowers established separate
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When I first entered high school I was in a much more immature state of mind. At this time I was less willing to do my work and would never stop talking. Despite being aware of this‚ I decided to remain signed up for AP Human Geography because I was told that AP classes looks good to colleges. I figured that I would be able to easily get by barely doing anything‚ similarly to how I got through middle school. This line of thinking worked out the first week of school perfectly when the only thing we
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Manipulating data can distort the desired results on a thematic map. A- Define what a choropleth‚ dot‚ and symbolic map is and how they measure intensity B- Discuss how each map can distort a map when you manipulate data for each. C- Discuss how a choropleth map can give false impressions when using a smaller (distance) scale versus a larger (distance) scale D- Discuss how changing the natural breaks to quintiles can give false impressions on a choropleth map. Thematic Map- A
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CHAPTER TWO: THE EARTH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE CONTINENTS A Continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria‚ with up to seven regions commonly regarded as continents. These are: Asia‚ Africa‚ North America‚ South America‚ Antarctica‚ Europe‚ and Australia. In geology‚ continents are described by means of tectonic plates. Plate tectonics is the process and study of the movement‚ collision and division
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Chapter 10 focuses on the environment and development. Many of the effects of development impact the environment greatly‚ and these negative externalities tend to fall on poor people who don’t have the resources to escape the conditions. The chapter opens with a quote from Nicholas Stern that reads‚ “The poorest developing countries will be hit earliest and hardest by climate change‚ even though they have contributed little to causing the problem.” I wanted to talk about this quote and what exactly
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