WORLD GEOGRAPHY TODAY
 Red Flag Questions
Pages 113-118
CHAPTER 6: HUMAN SYSTEMS
SECTION 1: Economic Geography
By the end of this section, you will be able to answer these questions:
1. What are the three main types of economic systems?
2. How are developed countries and developing countries different?
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
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What does economic geography deal with?
Economic Activities
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What are primary activities? Give some examples.
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Where are primary activities located?
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What are secondary activities? Give some examples.
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Where are secondary activities located?
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What are tertiary activities? Give some examples.
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Where are tertiary activities located?
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What are quaternary activities? Give some examples.
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Where are quaternary activities located?
Economic Systems
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What is the most basic economic system? Describe this system.
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Where will you find a traditional economy?
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market economy
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free enterprise
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capitalism
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What countries have market economies?
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command economy
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Communism
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What are two communist countries?
Economic Patterns, Resources, and Technology
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How do resources affect the locations of economic activities?
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How can changes in technology and transportation affect economic activities?
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How has the internet affected economic activities?
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT
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What does development refer to?
Measures of Development
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gross national product (GNP)
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gross domestic product (GDP)
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industrialization
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What are other additional measures of development?
Standard of Living
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What factors is standard of living measured by?
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literacy rate
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What are other measures of standard of living?
Developed and Developing Countries
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developed countries
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Give some examples of developed countries.
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What percentage of the world’s people live in developed countries?
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What features do developed countries share?
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infrastructure
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developing countries
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What countries are developing countries?
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What characteristics are found in developing countries (i.e. low per capita GDPs)?
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What are middle-income countries? Give a couple examples.
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What characteristics are found in middle-income countries?