AP Human Geography Unit #7 REVIEW

1.  Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to

•  avoid skilled laborers.
• minimize production costs inside the plant.
•  minimize transport costs.
• identify unique characteristics of a particular industry.

1.  Soda bottling is an example of a

•  perishable industry.
•  labor intensive industry.
•  bulk-gaining industry.
•  communications-oriented industry.

 The Chicago area became a significant asset for the Western Great Lakes region owing to its steel industries and its

•  large market area.
  
  
• access to the nation's transportation network.
• greater distance from raw materials essential for the steel industry.
•  skilled labor force.

A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near what?

• Factory
• Consumer Products 
• Raw materials 
• Break-of-bulk Point

According to Alfred Weber, which one of the following costs of production is the most important factor in locating a new industry?

• Labor
• Transportation
• Raw Materials
• Agglomeration Costs

AT&T having their call centers stationed in India and China is known as what industry practice? 

• Agglomerations
• Outsourcing
• NAFTA
• Special Economic Zones

If a product is heavier when it arrives at the factory than when it leaves (trees--> paper, potatoes-->chips) then the factory will be ____________ to the market

• closer
• farther 

A Doctor or Lawyer would be in which economic sector?

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary
• Qinary

Another word for progress. . . This describes the wealth and well being of a country as it grows and prospers.

• Dependency Ratio
• Primary Sector
• GNI
• Development

Shows the influence of women in a society by measuring women's income, participation in labor force, and political influence.

• Human Development Index

• GNP

• GII

• GDP