Economic Geography Test

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In what way is subsistence farming different from commercial farming?

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Farmers grow just enough crops for their family to survive.

Front

What sector of economic activity is being practiced in the above pictures?

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Primary

Front

Which conclusion is best supported by the information in these examples?

Back

Physical geography affects the economic activities of an area

Front

Infrastructure

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Roads, water treatment plants and power lines.

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In Indonesia, the government owns large industries and sets some prices. However, private businesses are also encouraged. Currently several hundred private businesses exist in Indonesia.
This country’s economic system can best be classified as- traditional, free market, communist, democratic socialist

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democratic socialist

Front

What is an advantage of a free market economic system?

Back

Producers and consumers have freedom to choose what to sell and buy.

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What is the logical next sector activity after primary economic activities that use natural resources directly to provide raw materials for industry?

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Secondary activities use raw materials to produce or manufacture new goods.

Front

What is most likely shown on a map of a more-developed country’s quaternary economic sector?

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major universities and research institutes

Front

Which characteristic is typical of a more developed country?

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There is a high literacy rate and a long life expectancy.

Front

Correct grouping of levels of development: less developed, newly industrialized, more developed.

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less developed – Angola, Afghanistan; newly industrialized – Brazil, Thailand; more developed – United States, Australia