Unit 2 Pre-Test

Based on this photo, you can tell this place has an urban (city) character. What evidence from the photo proves it?

• The photo shows high urban population density (lots of skyscrapers; lots of people living in one place).

• The photo shows mining and other primary economic activities.

• The photo shows sub-tropical climate conditions.

• The photo shows mountainous physical geography.

Which type of region is defined by official decisions ('set in stone')? Example: Counties in Texas

• Formal

• Perceptional

• Functional

Which type of region is defined by interaction or connectivity ("where things happen")?

• Formal

• Perceptional

• Functional

Which type of region is defined by perception? Example: The Rust Belt is the northern region of the USA where there used to be a lot of factories that are now closed and rusting.

• Formal

• Perceptional

• Functional

Free enterprise is an economic system that operates _______ on the market.

• freely

• not freely

Socialist economies are a mixture of capitalism (government is "hands off") and communism (government plans all goods & services).

• TRUE

• FALSE

The communist system is a system in which _____ means of productions are owned by government.

• some

• most or all

Primary economic activities deal with...

• Natural Resources

• Manufacturing of Goods

Secondary economic activities deal with...

• Natural Resources

• Manufacturing of Goods

• Delivery of Services

Tertiary economic activities deal with...

• Manufacturing of Goods

• Delivery of Services

• Research and Management