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Maquiladora

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Maquiladoras-The term given to zones in northern mexico with factories supplying manufactured goods to the Unites States market. The low-wage workers in the primarily foreign-owened factories assemble imported raw materials and then export finished goods.
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Ch 10 key issue 4

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Hannah Struck and Alex Hodges Key Issue 4: Why do farmers face economic difficulties? Challenges For Commercial farmers *Importance of Access to markets ?The von Th?nen model was introduced by Johann Heinrich von Th?nen in 1826 to help explain the importance of proximity to market in the choice of crops on commercial farms. A rough schematic is reproduced below: City Horticulture and dairy Forestry Crop rotation Alternating pasture and crop Animal grazing ?The basic premise of von Th?nen?s model is that the more perishable and difficult to ship something, the closer it will be to the market.(Applicable at a global or national scale) *Overproduction in commercial farming

Unit 1 Vocab

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Unit 1 (Chapters 1-3) Review (For Student Use Only ? not intended for a grade) Vocabulary: Define the following terms Chapter 1 ? Introduction to Human Geography (De Blij) fieldwork absolute location time-distance decay globalization relative location expansion diffusion physical geography global positioning system contagious diffusion spatial distribution mental maps hierarchical diffusion pandemic activity spaces stimulus diffusion epidemic generalized maps relocation diffusion spatial perspective remote sensing environmental determinism location theory geographic information systems possibilism spatial interaction formal region cultural ecology accessibility functional region political ecology connectivity perceptual region

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