Unit 7 Review!

Environmental laws, labor availability, and access to markets are major factors affecting which of the following?

• Political affiliation

• GDP

• Transportation costs

• Manufacturing locations

Which of the following best describes Alfred Weber's analysis of location decisions?

• It seeks to evaluate the impact of a single factor of production on location.

• It seeks to minimize cost among multiple inputs of production.

• It is applicable only in postindustrial economies.

• It depends on the availability of a single node, link, and input of production

Which statement correctly explains why Los Angeles is a break-of-bulk point?

• The robotic systems at the port result in fewer workers being required to unload ships.

• Goods can be transferred to other container ships going to the Port of San Francisco.

• The port can accommodate large container ships that can be unloaded quickly onto carriers that use the highways.

• Los Angeles is on the Pacific Ocean allowing for more trade with countries in Asia.

The high-tech firms of Silicon Valley are clustered together to take advantage of

• cheap labor

• access to markets

• high-speed transportation

• agglomeration effects

Political geographers consider which of the following as the core area of the United States?

• The Los Angeles-San Francisco area

• The New York-Washington DC area

• The Chicago-Detroit area

• The Buffalo-Cleveland area

The popularity of which of the following is an example of the trend towards ecotourism?

• Time-share condominiums on the coast of Spain

• Ski resorts in Chili

• National parks in Costa Rica

• Recreational canals in Florida

Which of the following statements best explains a limitation of the political map shown in conveying economic information?

• In the context of currency, the borders between the member states are irrelevant

• In the context of free trade, the borders between the member states are irrelevant

• In terms of consumer prices, there are no variations in price amounts across the borders of member states

• In terms of manufacturing, there are no variations in production costs across the borders of member states

Economic activities that involve the extraction of natural resources are called

• Subsistence activities

• Organic activities

• Secondary economic activities

• Primary economic activities

True or False: the service sector is the fastest growing sector in the US since the mid-1970s.

• True

• False

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the data shown in the table?

• Large number of women in the Spanish legislature, but few have been elected in Kuwait.

• Spain and Kuwait are countries that have similar economic and social development.

• Spain and Kuwait are countries that have very different levels of economic development.

• There is no close correlation between the two statistics displayed on the chart.