APHG Unit 7 Review

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

Which of the following is NOT part of what is used to calculate HDI?

• GII

• Typical years of schooling

• GDP per capita

• Life expectancy

 Producers of automobiles select assembly plant locations primarily for their closer access to

• government subsidies.

• raw materials

• water transportation.

• labor markets

When a pre-existing institution, such as a university or hospital, attracts and drives further investment and development in that area.

• Multiplier effect

• Economies of scale

• Growth poles

• Agglomeration

A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.

• Maquiladora

• Break-of-bulk point

• Bulk-gaining industry

• Site factors

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

Created by Wallerstein to show that the world is interconnected and that we are all interdependent on each other.  Divides us into three tiers of economic prosperity.

• Dependency Theory
• Rostow's theory of development

• International Monetary Fund

• World Systems theory

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

• 1-Traditional Society
• 2-Preconditions of takeoff
• 3-takeoff
• 4-drive to maturity

Which of the following is an accurate description of a shift in industry that is taking place today?

• shift from eastern Europe to western Europe

• shift from eastern US to southern/western US

• shift from southeast Asia to Japan

• shift from southern/western US to eastern US

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