AP Human Geography / Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy
Notes
- Deindustrialization in older industrial regions (the Rust Belt).
- Growth of manufacturing in Asia and Latin America; export processing zones, maquiladoras.
- Special economic zones in China.
Practice
Factories near the US-Mexico border that assemble goods for export are:
Tax and tariff benefits.
The decline of manufacturing in the US Rust Belt is:
Jobs moved or automated.
China's special economic zones were created to:
Opening the economy.
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