AP Human Geography- Development Study Guide Exam Questions 2024.

AP Human Geography- Development Study Guide Exam Questions 2024. Bulk Gaining Industry - CORRECT ANSWER An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises a greater volume than the inputs. Bulk Reducing Industry - CORRECT ANSWER An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs. Dependency Theory - CORRECT ANSWER a model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich ones. This has put periphery nations in a cycle of debt and dependency to core nations. Development - CORRECT ANSWER The process of growth, expansion, or realization of potential; bringing regional resources into full productive use. Globalization - CORRECT ANSWER A reference to the increasing interconnection of all parts of the world as the full range of social, cultural, political, and economic processes becomes international in scale and effect. Gross Domestic Product - CORRECT ANSWER The total value of goods and services produced within the borders of a country during a specified time period, usually a calendar year. Gross National Income - CORRECT ANSWER The total value of goods and services produced by a country per year plus net income earned abroad by its nationals; formerly called "gross national product." Human Development Index (HDI) - CORRECT ANSWER Is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices used to rank countries into four tiers of human development. Industrial Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER The term applied to the rapid economic and social changes in agriculture and manufacturing that followed the introduction of the factory system to the textile industry of England in the last quarter of the 18th century.