AP HUG: Unit 7 Review part 3

Which of the following is a result of economic restructuring and outsourcing in core regions?

• Increase in high-paying jobs

• Decline in jobs

• Growth in local small-scale industries

• Expansion of service sectors

What development has occurred in countries outside of the core due to economic changes?

• Decrease in manufacturing zones

• Creation of new manufacturing zones including special economic zones

• Reduction in international trade

• Increase in traditional farming methods

How has the contemporary economic landscape been transformed?

• By traditional methods of production

• By post-Fordist methods of production

• By decreasing international cooperation

• By increasing reliance on non-renewable resources

Why have many companies moved their manufacturing plants from highly developed core countries to less-developed periphery and semiperiphery countries?

• To take advantage of improved transportation and communication, and in search of lower labor costs.

• To increase the cost of production.

• To reduce their market reach.

• To comply with environmental regulations.

At a regional scale in the U.S., from which regions have factories primarily moved?

• From the Northeast and Midwest to the Southeast and Southwest.

• From the Southeast to the Northeast and Midwest.

• From the Southwest to the Northeast only.

• From the Midwest to the West Coast.

What is the practice of relocating business operations and functions to another country known as?

• Insourcing

• Offshoring

• Exporting

• Importing

Why is there a shift in manufacturing jobs from developed to developing regions?

• Stronger environmental laws

• Higher costs in developed regions

• Weaker laws in developing regions

• Decrease in global trade

What type of corporations operate in more than one country?

• National corporations

• Local corporations

• Transnational/multinational corporations

• Domestic corporations

What does the term "spatial disaggregation" refer to in the context of global economics?

• The concentration of industries in a specific region

• The distribution of natural resources

• The splitting apart of different steps of manufacturing done in different countries

• The unification of economic policies across different nations

Which of the following is NOT listed as a risk associated with spatial disaggregation?

• Always possibility of losing job

• Automation

• Increased job opportunities in developed countries

• Dangerous for workers