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WorksheetsHGAP Ch. 9-10
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following characteristics would be typical of a newly industrialized country?
a)
largely primary sector
b)
largely secondary sector
c)
largely quarternary sector
d)
largely quinary sector
2.
The Human Development Index (HDI) uses four statistical measurements. Which of the following lists are not statistics used to measure the HDI?
a)
Social
b)
Political
c)
Demographic
d)
Economic
3.
The gross value of the product minus the cost of raw materials and energy is
a)
gross domestic product per capita
b)
value added
c)
productivity
d)
gross domestic product
4.
The North/South split of development as shown by the Brandt line generally asserts what factor?
a)
Northern and Southern countries have the same amount of wealth and power.
b)
Western countries exert more political power than Eastern countries.
c)
Northern countries are wealthier than Southern countries.
d)
Northern countries are poorer than Southern countries.
5.
A country that may be considered semi-periperhy would be
a)
china
b)
nigeria
c)
brazil
d)
china and brazil
6.
What stage of Rostow's Development Index goes through the most development?
a)
4. drive to maturity
b)
3. takeoff
c)
2. preconditions of takeoff
d)
5. the age of mass consumption
7.
Which of the following theories support that the cultural environment of Western Europe favored early industrial development?
a)
Wallerstein's capitalist theory
b)
Rostow's modernization theory
c)
locational interdependence theory
d)
Von Thunen's model
8.
Wallerstein's model of the capital world economy is based most directly on
a)
dependency theory
b)
self-sufficiency theory
c)
locational theory
d)
modernization theory
9.
Fair trade means that products are made and traded according to standards that protect workers and small businesses in MDC's.
a)
true
b)
false
10.
All of the following are farm subsidies except
a)
giving farmers a minimum price for their product regardless of market conditions.
b)
giving farmers tax breaks if they meet production quotas.
c)
establishing import barriers on imported products.
d)
paying farmers not to produce more than a certain quantity of a particular crop.
11.
An example of intensive agriculture in von Thunen's model is
a)
forestry
b)
market gardening and dairy
c)
cotton farming
d)
growing field crops such as wheat
12.
A common criticism of the Green Revolution is that it
a)
makes use of poor quality seeds
b)
has failed to increase crop production
c)
has discouraged the production of cash crops
d)
has led to groundwater pollution by extensive use of fertilizers
13.
____________has increased its production by 20% per year for the last twenty years.
a)
Sustainable agriculture.
b)
Viticulture.
c)
Chicken production.
d)
organic agriculture.
14.
The technical definition of horticulture includes the cultivation of
a)
flowers.
b)
flowers and fruits.
c)
flowers, fruits, and vegetables.
d)
flowers and roses.
15.
Another name for truck farming is
a)
specialty farming
b)
commercial gardening
c)
market gardening
d)
all of the above
16.
Using von Thunen’s model as a basis for analysis, assume London, England, and Paris, France, is the single market for Europe. Extensive grain farming would take place in
a)
Mediterranean France.
b)
the steppes of Russia.
c)
Italy.
d)
the Benelux countries.
17.
Shifting cultivation is a threatened form of agriculture because of
a)
competition for resources from logging and mining companies.
b)
modern technology makes the practice obsolete.
c)
population increase.
d)
A and C only
18.
All of the following are characteristics of pastoral nomads except
a)
they consume mostly grains rather than meat.
b)
they trade meat and skins for grains.
c)
they only consume animal products and animal by-products.
d)
they stay in one place when rainfall is plentiful.
19.
Herders who seasonally move their animals between mountain pastures and lowland valleys practice
a)
transhumance
b)
seasonal variation
c)
swidden agriculture
d)
livestock ranching
20.
A type of agriculture that requires large levels of manual labor is
a)
subsistence agriculture
b)
labor intensive agriculture
c)
extensive subsistence agriculture
d)
intensive subsistence agriculture
21.
Agriculture that involves large areas of land and minimal labor per land unit is
a)
subsistence agriculture
b)
commercial agriculture
c)
extensive subsistence agriculture
d)
intensive subsistence agriculture
22.
All of the following were vegetative planting (root crop) hearths except
a)
west africa
b)
southeast and southwest asia
c)
Peruvian highlands
d)
none of the above
23.
_____________ did not contain an agricultural hearth.
a)
europe
b)
africa
c)
middle america
d)
southeast asia
24.
Wealthy landowners in England in the 1700's began to enlarge their farms through the process of
a)
enclosure
b)
argibusiness
c)
commercial agriculture
d)
subsistence agriculture
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