Unit 7: Industrialization and Economic Development

In the 200 years following the Industrial Revolution, heavy industry was found in all of the following locations EXCEPT

• North America

• Russia

• France

• northern Africa

Service-based economies are focused on all of the following EXCEPT

• telecommunications

• tourism

• marketing

• mining

Export-processing zones are most often located in

• periphery and semi-periphery regions of developing nations

• areas with high tax rates

• countries with low rates of unemployment

• regions inaccessible by mass transit

Deindustrialization occurred at the national level in Great Britain when heavy industry was moved to locations with

• greater access to major ports

• lower production costs

• a more educated population

• economies more geared toward tertiary economic activities

According to Rostow's stages of development, which of the following is true?

• All countries will eventually pass through each of the five stages of economic development

• the colonial legacy will impede a country's economic growth

• foreign investment is a necessary precondition for economic development in the second stage

• countries might not pass through each of the stages in a linear manner

In the core-periphery model of global economic patterns, all of Africa is included in the periphery EXCEPT

• Zimbabwe

• Morocco

• South Africa

• Egypt

Which of the following groups of American cities is part of the Rust Belt?

• Detroit, Buffalo, and Cleveland

• San Jose, Palo Alto, and Cupertino

• St. Louis, Little Rock, and Oklahoma City

• Atlanta, Augusta, and Knoxville

Mexico's system of maquiladoras is located

• along the coast of the Pacific Ocean

• on the Baja Peninsula

• on the Yucatan Peninsula

• along the Mexico-United States border

China leads newly industrialized countries in terms of demographic transition mostly due to

• its one-child policy

• rapid urbanization

• advanced infrastructure

• low labor costs

Which of the following encourages the input of cash from foreign countries without the export of goods?

• agricultural development

• tourism

• free-trade agreements

• E-commerce