Human Geography Development Review

Traditionally, which part of the world is more developed?

• Northern hemisphere
• Southern hemisphere 
• Periphery
• Fifth World countries

The period of rapid technological advancement that began around 1800 is known as the

• Agricultural Revolution
• Roman Empire
• Green Revolution
• Industrial Revolution

When a country suffers from a “brain drain” it means the country has experienced

• an emigration of working age males.
• an emigration of educated professionals
•  an emigration of political leaders.
• an emigration of female executives

Because an average wage is $35/hour in a developed country and $1/hour with limited benefits in a developing country, much labor-intensive work is outsourced to LDCs. 

• FDI
• IMF
• Rostow's Stages of Development
• New International Division of Labor

According to Rostow's development model, a country with a rapidly growing economy, and a lot of heavy industry that uses modern technology with increasingly skilled labor is in Stage

• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five

Of the many sources of energy that are renewable and considered to be environmentally friendly and harness natural processes, ______ is the exception. 

• Geothermal 
• Biomass
• Solar Power
• Nuclear Fusion 

GE, Coca-cola, Nokia, Samsung, Pepsi, Walt-Disney represent the many 

• World Bank contributors
• World Trade Organizations
• Transnational Corporations
• Fairtrade Labeling Organizations 

Medical technology from MDCs to LDCs has reduced death rates in LDCs.  This is a ____________ form of diffusion. 

• Relocation 
• Hierarchical 
• Stimulus 
• Contagious 

Of the following areas, the Human Development Index is highest in

• South Asia
• East Asia
• South America
• Europe

Core countries focus on all but

• higher skilled labor

• extraction of raw materials

• low-skilled, labor intensive production

• capital intensive production