Industry and Development RQ #1 Pages 162-165

Countries of the world may be categorized by their type of economic activities. Which of the following is correct?

• LDCs - primary sector, NICs - secondary sector, MDCs - tertiary sector

• LDCs - tertiary sector, NICs - secondary sector, MDCs -prinary sector

• LDCs - secondary sector, NICs - primary sector, MDCs - tertiary sector

• LDCs - no sector, NICs - secondary sector, MDCs - tertiary sector

Which is NOT a nonessential good?

• cars

• telephones

• televisions

• shelter

Value-add in manufacturing may be figured by subtracting the cost of

• the labor involved and transportation cost.

• raw materials and energy from the gross value of the product.

• location of primary activities.

• industrial waste and economic activities.

Worker productivity is highest in a MDC because

• access to more animate power

• skilled labor force in the primary sector

• access to more machines, tools and equipment

Gross Domestic Product Per Capital is defined as the

• divide between rich and poor nations and their forms of productions

• value of the total outputs of goods and services produced in a country during a year divided by total population.

• annual income of CEOs in the tertiary sector.

• measure of job equity and resource availability

All are economic indicators of development EXCEPT

• types of jobs

• worker productivity

• access to raw materials

• variable costs

Compressed modernity is a rapid economic and political change. Which is NOT a country that has made the change?

• Mexico

• South Korea

• South Africa

• Afghanistan

The gap between the rich and the poor is

• closing

• found only in LDCs

• equitable for all people

• largely a consequence of industrialization

The Industrial Revolution began in England because the country had

• a world wide trade network in place

• already introduced their population to tertiary sector jobs

• established large urban centers

• an abundance of coal

The growth of cities is one social consequence of

• industrialization

• counter-urbanization

• neo colonialism

• redlining