Economic Geography Quiz

Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing? 

• An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
• An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost 
• A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company. 
• An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies 

Which supranational organization allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?

• NAFTA
• NATO
• ANSEAN
• HDI

Why do most restaurants clump together in shopping malls and on busy street corners?

• Agglomeration
• Ease of Access
• More Capital
• Laws of Location 

Where was the hearth of the Industrial revolution? 

• Germany
• USA
• Russia
• England

Why does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant? 

• Because Coca Cola is a Bluk Reducing Industry
• Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Gaining Industry 
• Because Coca Cola is a Footloose industry
• Because Coca Cola is a Basic Industry 

which sector of the economy removes or harvests products directly from the earth in order to extract raw materials or food?

• secondary

• primary

• tertiary

• linear

agriculture would be an example of

• secondary sector

• tertiary sector

• primary sector

• quinary sector

Which sector has the highest employment percentage in the United States?

• secondary sector

• primary sector

• tertiary sector

• agricultural sector

Insurance would be an example of an economic activity in the

• primary sector

• business sector

• quinary sector

• secondary sector

A mining company operates in which industry sector?

• Primary
• Secondary
• Quaternary
• Quinary