Unit 7

which of the following was NOT an impact of the industrial revolution

• population growth

• food supplies decreased

• falling death rates

• spreading urbanization

• marriage-related changes

maquiladoras provide which of the following benefits to producers

• tariff-free production low wage country

• allows access to high-skill labor markets

• production area is closer to the market than traditional manufacturing areas in the U.S

• concentrates production in the highest order cities

• levels the economic playing held for factories located in America and China

which of the statements below best describes a reason why industrialization contributed to colonialism and imperialism

• industrialized countries wanted to help countries who had countries who had excess raw materials fid a way to use them

• industrialized countries wanted to control countries with cheap labor to build factories in

• industrialized countries needed new markets and had a much higher demand for raw materials than previously

• industrialized countries sought to lower employment in other countries in order to collect tax revenues

• industrialized countries observed the widespread pollution from early factories and wanted to build factories elsewhere

interdependence in the world economy includes all of the following except

• the global financial crisis

• a shift in manufacturing to newly industrialized countries

• imbalance in consumption patterns

• the roles of women in the labor force

• all of the options are correct

the human development index (hdi) was created with which of the following purposes in mind

• create a method of measuring development that focuses on the economic elements of income and GDP

• create a method of measuring development that attempts to include both social and economic elements

• create a method of measuring development that focuses on social elements of literacy, happiness, and politics

• create a method of measuring development that predicts future trends

• create a complete objective of countries based economic conditions within a country

during the industrial revolution in the 1800s, the most important fuel source for manufacturing was...

• oil

• coal

• nuclear

• hydroelectric

• solar

a clustering of doctor's offices and pharmacies near hospitals is the best explained by the benefits of...

• decentralization

• agglomeration

• intervening opportunity

• balkanization

• enfranchisement

a good example of bulk-gaining industry is a(n)

• copper-production plant

• steel refinery

• oil refinery

• soda manufacturer

• clothing manufacturing

Which of the following concepts explains the decision to relocate market-oriented factories in the United States from the Midwest and Northeast to locations in the southern United States or Mexico

• Comparative advantage, because products can be made more efficiently in the southern United States and Mexico. Operating costs and wages are lower, and the manufacturing products are easily transported to major United States market

• Growth poles, because governments in southern United States and Mexico strive to stimulate economic development by providing a guaranteed market for all products manufactured in these locations

• Just-in-time delivery, because the United States population is shifting to the south and west, and the Mexican population is growing. It is critical to produce goods closer to the consumer base to reduce shipping times

• Complementary, because the regional economy of the midwest and northwestern United States if shifting to the service sector. There is little interest in maintaining at these services

• Post-fordist production, because tradtional midwestern and northwestern manufacturing centers in the United States are unable to keep up with the technological changes of modern industry

tertiary sector jobs involve the...

• extraction of materials from earth

• provision of goods and services

• manufacturing of raw materials

• growing of crops

• all of the answer choices are correct