AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CH 25n 23o CLASS NOTES

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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHYCH 25n 23o CLASS NOTES

• RESOURCES AND REGIONS-
• THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
• OF INDUSTRY

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• World distribution of Industry often related to
  legacy of Colonialism
• WHY???

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• Legacy of Colonialism Resources Extracted for
  FOREIGN Development, Not DOMESTIC!!!
• Highly Uneven
• Current Development lags
• New Imperialism

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Nairobi, Kenya
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Industrialization Spreads through Europe
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Primary Industry Region in N. Hemisphere(Swipe
across USA Europe to Japan)(INDUSTRIAL BANANA)
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4 Primary Industrial Regions

• 1. Western Central Europe
• 2. Eastern N. America
• 3. Russia Ukraine
• 4. Eastern Asia

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The Fuel
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ASIA

• JAPAN Industrial Dominance until 1975
• Four Tigers begin to challenge Japan for
  Industrial dominance in E. Asia
• S. Korea
• Taiwan
• Hong Kong
• Singapore

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Four TigersAsia Industrial Development

• WHY A CHALLENGE TO JAPAN?
• Population (Labor)
• Emerging Markets
• Port Access
• Direct Foreign
  Investment
• Less
  Environmental
  Restrictions

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• Break of Bulk transfer of cargo from one
  carrier (ship) to another (truck)
• Bigger shipments broken down for markets
• PORT CITY IMPORTANCE
• (B of B Points)

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China Hong-Kong

• Communist Govt controls country
• Hong Kong is a Special Economic Zone (SEZ)
• open city
  to encourage
  foreign investment

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Secondary Industrial Regions

• South of Primary Region (USA, Europe,
  Japan)
• Mexico, Brazil
• Malaysia, Indonesia, India
• WHY DO THESE EMERGE???

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Secondary Industry Regions (Banana)
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• Maquiladora Districts Just south of USA in
  Mexico
• industry relocates cheaper labor
• finished goods can be sent to USA free of
  import tariffs
• - less environmental restrictions
• Type of Export-Processing Zone

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Map of Mexico's Maquiladora Plants
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Maquiladoras
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NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
(1995)

• Facilitates these districts and further industry