APHG Industry and Development

A form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to preform repeatedly

• Post-Fordist production

• Break-of-bulk

• Maquiladora Production

• Fordist Production

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

• New international division of labor

• Break of bulk points

• NAFTA

• Industrial Revolution

Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low-paid, less-skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries.

• Multiplier Effect

• Agglomeration

• Industrialization

• New International Division of Labor

Which of the following regions are primary industrial regions? 

• Western and Central Europe 

• Eastern North America 

• Russia,Ukraine and Eastern Asia

• All of the above

Match the economic systems to its characteristics or meaning.

• Customs, family, and historical basis

• Traditional economy

• Centrally owned by the government

• Free Market

• Public and private sectors

• Command economy

• Private sector, profit, and minimal gov.

• Mixed economy

The five stages of growth experienced by countries who ascribe to the international trade approach to economic development; namely, traditional society, preconditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption.

• Rostow's Stages of Growth Model

• Wallerstein's World Systems

• Demographic Transition Model

• Development Transition Model

Why are the Maquiladora factories in Mexico close to the border? Pick all that apply:

• Where the best resources are

• The geography is best there

• Easy to ship in and out of the US

• NAFTA allows for free trade between the US and Mexico

AT&T having their call centers stationed in India and China is known as what industry practice? 

• Agglomerations

• Outsourcing

• Export processing zones

• Special Economic Zones

What stage of Rostow's Development Index does technology first get introduced?

• Traditional Society

• Preconditions of takeoff

• takeoff

• drive to maturity

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

• Core

• Periphery

• Semi-Periphery

• External