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Resources, Trade, & the Environment
Human Geography
Resources
• Natural Resources – substances from the earth that can be used by people
– Renewable – can be replaced naturally
– Nonrenewable – cannot be replace• Must be conserved
• Most natural resources are not evenly distributed
Economic Development
• Developed Countries – country with a great deal of technology & manufacturing– Small percentage of commercial farms
• Developing Countries – country in the process of becoming industrialized– Industrialization – transition from agrarian society– Large number of subsistence farms
World Trade
• Countries export specialized goods & import goods they cannot produce
• Globalization – to spread throughout the world
• Trade Barriers – tariff, quota, embargo
• Free Trade – removing trade barriers
People & the Environment
• Pollution – release of unclean substances– Water – disrupting natural purification cycle– Land – dumping waste causes contaminated soil– Air – burning fossil fuels; deforestation
• Fragile Ecosystem– Harming one part affects the others– People need to: conserve resources, recycle, preserve
wilderness areas, & use alternative fuels
Urbanization
• Relocation of people from rural areas to cities
• Megacities = population > 10 Million
+ More/Better/Cheaper Infrastructure; Jobs; Variety
- Pollution; Shortages; Social Ills