AP®︎ Human Geography: Topic 6.3 Flashcards

Increasing integration and interdependence of places through flows of capital, goods, services, people, information, technology, and culture

An urban center with worldwide economic, political, or cultural influence that coordinates decisions and flows affecting distant places

Specialized business services such as accounting, law, advertising, insurance, consulting, and information technology that support global firms

A ranking of cities by the importance and geographic reach of their functions, with globally influential world cities at the top

A city with the highest level of global connectivity and influence across major economic, political, transportation, and cultural functions

A city with substantial international connections but less global command than an alpha city, often linking a national or large regional economy to the world

A city participating in global networks through limited or specialized international functions while retaining stronger national or regional roles

A system of cities connected by transportation, corporate, financial, migration, digital, and institutional linkages and flows

A point where flows originate, terminate, transfer, or are coordinated; cities serve as nodes in global networks

A connection between nodes, such as an airline route, shipping lane, corporate relationship, financial transaction, or digital communication

The movement of capital, goods, services, people, information, technology, culture, or decisions through a network

The clustering of firms and institutions to gain advantages from proximity to skilled workers, clients, infrastructure, finance, and specialized services

The organization, shaping, channeling, or transmission of global activity between places and geographic scales

A city’s role in channeling capital, trade, people, information, or technology between a country or region and the wider world

An urban agglomeration with at least 10 million inhabitants; defined by population rather than global influence