Geography chp. 4+5
Quinary sector
-an economic activity - represented by decision makers and control functions in business headquarters
sail wagon Epoch
1790-1830, all cities and towns were associated with transportation
Iron-horse Epoch
1830-1870, triggered by a radical innovation in land movement
Steel- Rail Epoch
1870-1920, stimulated by development of steel
Auto-Air-Amenity
1920-1960, transportation innovations such as automobiles and airplanes
where are metallic resources located?
3 broad zones of metamorphic rock -Appalachians -western mountains -and Canadian shield
what was the average commute time in NYC?
40 minutes
How many residents in Megalopolis?
48,426,552 people
what was the largest metropolitan city before 1750?
Boston
which city sits to the eastern end of lake eerie?
Buffalo, new york
what state had the highest percentage of state employment in manufacturing relative to national average in 2002?
Indiana
John Borchert designated 4 historical epochs what are they?
Sail-Wagon Iron- Horse Steel- Rail Auto-Air-Amenity
What is associated with the Mesabi desert in terms of mining?
iron ore
what variable expedited growth of Pittsburgh manufacturing of steel?
it occupied a site at the head of the Ohio River, and commanded good land connections to the east and west
what cities are not on the fall line?
new york, however access to this city comes from glacially eroded hudson river valley
site characteristics
refer to the physical features that make up the immediate environment of that places location
fall line
rivers flow off the Piedmont, therefore a series of rapids and waterfalls form, because these falls are found along a line tracing the physio-graphic boundary it is called this
what are the levels of economic activity?
tertiary sector extractive sector manufacturing sector Quaternary sector Quinary sector
the Ohio river connects coal fields of Appalachian mts to
the Mississippi river
what is the primary characteristic of megalopolis?
the continuous and occasionally overwhelming urbanism
what made the expansion of rail-cars really boom?
the development of steel led to the replacement of original iron rails and permitted heavier railroad equipment, higher speeds, and longer hauls
gentrification
the inflow of population as central city's are rehabilitated in ways that attract middle and upper income families and individuals
how has NYC economy changed over the last few decades?
they have experienced a great decline in manufacturing employment but large gain in service sector jobs, in 1947 industrial jobs exceeded 1.1 million but now it has declined over 85% in half a century.
what are the two major port cities of Ontario?
Toronto and Hamilton
what is the sequence of physiography from coastal plains to the app. mountians
a flat coastal plain is succeeded by a rolling, frequently hilly landscape called the Piedmont, farther west is the more mountainous terrain of the appalachians
tertiary sector
an economic activity - activities that serve the population -ex. retail, transportation, finance
Quaternary sector
an economic activity - information creation and transfer ex. education, communications industry, research and development
extractive sector
an economic activity -also known as primary sector -ex. agriculture, fishing, lumbering
manufacturing sector
an economic activity -also known as the secondary sector - ex. steel, chemicals, consumer products
situation characteristics
broader view of a regions location when they consider aspects of the region