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ap human geography - unit 7: economic sectors & development

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Learn the five economic sectors and development patterns for AP Human Geography Unit 7. This video breaks down primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, and quinary activities, plus Weber's Least Cost Theory, commodity chains, and key economic indica ...more

curriculum note

This video was recorded during the 2019–2020 school year when Units 6 and 7 were removed from the AP exam due to COVID-19. In the current AP Human Geography course, Unit 7 content IS tested on the exam.

covered in this stream

units
Unit 7 – Industrial and Economic Development
topics
7.2 Economic Sectors and Patterns7.3 Measures of Development7.6 Trade and the World Economy7.5 Theories of Development 7.1 The Industrial Revolution

timestamps

  • 0:00

    Introduction to Economy

  • 0:34

    Defining an Economy

  • 1:05

    Economy Breakdown

  • 1:35

    Supply and Demand

  • 2:06

    Goods Production Recap

  • 2:38

    Unit 7 Overview

  • 3:08

    Economy as Buying and Making

  • 3:38

    Economic Activities Overview

  • 4:10

    Primary Economic Activities

  • 4:41

    Secondary Economic Activities

  • 5:12

    Manufacturing Example

  • 5:43

    Primary to Secondary Connection

  • 6:15

    Tertiary Economic Activities

  • 6:46

    Quaternary and Quinary Intro

  • 7:17

    Quaternary Details

  • 8:19

    Marketing and Management

  • 8:50

    Quinary Economic Activities

  • 9:52

    Highest Decision Making

  • 10:22

    Economic Sectors Recap

  • 10:54

    Monsanto Example

  • 11:25

    Feedback Check

  • 11:56

    Weber's Least Cost Theory

  • 12:28

    Theory Components

  • 12:59

    Minimizing Costs

  • 13:29

    Beer Production Example

  • 14:00

    Activities in Triangle

  • 15:02

    Agglomeration Concept

  • 15:32

    Graph Explanation

  • 16:35

    Weight Gaining Industries

  • 17:06

    Beer as Weight Gaining

  • 17:37

    Processing Location

  • 18:07

    Feedback on Theory

  • 18:40

    Commodity Chains

  • 19:10

    Chain Process Analysis

  • 20:11

    Break of Bulk Points

  • 20:42

    Drawing Commodity Chain

  • 21:44

    Manufacturing Plant

  • 22:46

    Store and Consumers

  • 23:47

    Break of Bulk Explanation

  • 25:20

    Chain Process Recap

  • 26:22

    Wholesale Clarification

  • 28:02

    Content Wrap-Up

  • 28:32

    Unit 7 Questions

  • 29:35

    Mind Mapper Activity

  • 30:07

    Global Economy Review

  • 35:30

    Time Distance Decay

  • 40:17

    Socioeconomics Development

  • 45:34

    HDI Definition

  • 48:13

    Industrial Revolution

  • 52:37

    Industrialization Definition

  • 55:33

    Economic Sectors Review

  • 59:17

    Supranational Organizations

  • 1:01:44

    Least Cost Theory Recap

  • 1:03:17

    Chart Completion

  • 1:04:19

    Conclusion and Goodbye

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