APHUG Unit 7

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

• North America

• Russia

• France

• east Asia

• northern Africa

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

• telecommunications

• tourism

• marketing

• sales

• mining

Export-processing zones are most often located in

• underdeveloped regions of developing nations

• areas with high tax rates

• countries with low rates of unemployment

• regions inaccessible by mass transit

• residential areas of developed nations

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

• higher industrial-economic development

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 is a necessary precondition for economic development.

• Foreign investment will impede a country's economic growth.

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

• Deindustrialization is accounted for in the fifth and final stage.

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

• Zimbabwe

• Morocco

• South Africa

• Liberia

• 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 Knoxville

• Atlanta, Augusta, and Oklahoma City

• Albuquerque, Tucson, and Phoenix

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

• in the areas surrounding Mexico City

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

• its one-child policy

• rapid urbanization

• advanced infrastructure

• low labor costs

• high per capita income

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

• Development of infrastructure