Unit 7 Review

What initiated the Industrial Revolution?

• The development of new forms of transportation

• The availability of natural resources and new technologies

• The growth of the middle class

• The expansion of colonialism and imperialism

Which sector focuses on extracting natural resources?

• Secondary sector

• Tertiary sector

• Primary sector

• Quinary sector

What is the main focus of the quaternary sector?

• Extracting natural resources

• Managing and processing information

• Manufacturing goods

• Providing services to people

Which of the following is a challenge brought by rapid urban growth?

• Reduction in disease

• Decrease in air pollution

• Human waste management

• Increased literacy rates

What does the Gini coefficient measure?

• Literacy rates

• Gender inequality

• Income inequality

• Industrial production

What contributed to the rise of colonialism and imperialism?

• The decline of the middle class

• Investors seeking new markets and raw materials

• Improvements in farm machinery

• Decrease in food supplies

Which sector experienced significant growth from the 1840s to the 1960s?

• Secondary sector

• Tertiary sector

• Primary sector

• Quinary sector

What is the main economic characteristic of the tertiary sector?

• Includes many high-risk jobs

• Most jobs require physical skill

• Most people in the US labor force today

• Dominated the economy until the late 1800s

What does Weber's Least Cost Model focus on?

• Maximizing production efficiency

• Minimizing costs by balancing transportation, labor, and agglomeration economies

• Increasing the size of the middle class

• Expanding urban areas horizontally and vertically

What is a measure of social and economic development?

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• The rate of urbanization

• The size of the middle class

• The level of industrialization