UNIT 7 TEST

Newly industrialized countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the 

• Core
• Periphery
• Semi-Periphery
• External

Which types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?

• Core Countries
• NICs
• Semi-Periphery Countries
• Periphery Countries

A well-educated and skilled population, lower NIR, access to health care, a higher GNI per capita, and lower levels of gender inequality are related to

• Core Countries
• Semi-Periphery Countries
• Periphery Countries
• NICs

Which economic alliance is this map showing?

• EU
• NAFTA
• ASEAN
• OPEC

What is the Human Development Index?

• The health of an individual.

• A set of statistics or numbers that rank countries by their development.

• The country a person lives in,

• The number of preventable diseases in a country.

model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich nations

• World Systems Theory

• Modernization Model

• Organic Theory

• Dependency Theory

Image above is an example of

• Post-Fordist production

• Bulk-gaining industry

• Deindustrialization

• Bulk-reducing industry

Maquiladoras are

• US workers that move to other countries for jobs

• Mexican factories on the US border that are owned and operated by US companies

• Mexican workers who enter the US legally on a work visa

• Mexican and American workers who migrate to Canada for higher paying jobs

The above chart describes examples of which level of economic activity?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

Silicon Valley in Northern California is famous as the home of many businesses that produce high-tech products or provide services to high-tech companies. This demonstrates the principle of:

• outsourcing.

• post-Fordism.

• market dependence.

• back office processing.

• agglomeration economies.