12 WMA

Which of the following will a company in the U.S. not typically outsource to a developing country?

• payroll management

• processing insurance claims

• customer service phone banks

• transcription work

• legal representation in the U.S.

Generally, global cities are divided into

• three levels, called alpha, beta, and gamma.

• two levels, called primate and non-primate cities.

• categories, called forward leaning, stagnant and backward leaning cities.

• four levels, called alpha, beta, gamma and delta.

• none of the above.

An activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those who provide it is known as

• a favor.

• a service.

• a transaction.

• a kickback.

• an activity.

This helps to explain the distribution of settlements of varying sizes in North Dakota. Larger settlements are fewer and farther apart, whereas smaller settlements are more frequent and closer together.

• primate city rule

• central place theory

• range

• range of service rule

• rank-size rule

According to Demographia, how many cities in the world today have a population of at least 20 million?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 15

World cities are most closely integrated into the global economic system because they are

• at the heart of the supply chain and make sure goods move freely.

• at the center of the flow of information and capital.

• control the flow of labor and technology.

• contribute money to local, regional and national candidates for elective officers.

The world's population of urban settlements exceeded that of rural settlements for the first time in human history in _______.

• 1995

• 2004

• 2008

• 1990

• 2000

Until around 300 B.C., the world's largest settlements were in _______.

• Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley

• Egypt and China

• Mesopotamia and Egypt

• The Yangtse Valley and Egypt

A ________, characteristic of the contemporary North American rural landscape, is characterized by farmers living on individual farms isolated from neighbors rather than alongside other farmers in settlements.

• dispersed rural settlement

• clustered rural settlement

• linear rural settlement

• urban settlement

New York's population swelled with the arrival of millions of immigrants, especially during

• the first world war.

• the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

• the second world war.

• the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries.

• the last 30 years.