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WorksheetsIndustry and development
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The process of economic growth, expansion, or realization of regional resource potential.
a)
Industrialization
b)
Development
c)
Deindustrialization
d)
Growth Pole
2.
The gap in access to communication technology that exists between MDCs and LDCs, also called the technology gap.
a)
LDCs
b)
Digital Divide
c)
North/South Divide
d)
Continental Divide
3.
The gap in access to communication technology that exists between MDCs and LDCs, also called the technology gap.
a)
LDCs
b)
Digital Divide
c)
North/South Divide
d)
Continental Divide
4.
In this stage of development technology diffuses, industrial specialization occurs
a)
Drive to Maturity
b)
Take Off
c)
Traditional Society
d)
Technological Revolution
5.
A form of tourism, based on the enjoyment of scenic areas or natural wonders, that aims to provide an experience of nature or culture in an environmentally sustainable way.
a)
Road Trip
b)
Ecology
c)
Ecotourism
d)
Disney Family Vacation
6.
An organized social movement whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and promote sustainability. Members of the movement advocate the payment of higher prices to exporters, as well as higher social and environmental standards.
a)
Unfair Trade
b)
Fair Trade
c)
Outsourcing
d)
Humane Exporting
7.
A United Nations Index, introduced in 2010, which measures a country’s loss of achievement due to gender inequality, based on reproductive health, employment, and general empowerment.
a)
Gender Inequality Index
b)
Gender Equity
c)
Gender Development Index
d)
Gender Revolution
8.
A controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country.
a)
Direct Investment
b)
Foreign Direct Investment
c)
Plantation
d)
Fair Trade
9.
The legally registered and taxed business whose profit is included in GDP.
a)
Informal Economic Activities
b)
Secondary Economic Activities
c)
Formal Economic Activities
d)
Important Economic Activities
10.
The highly free and developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan; also known as the Tigers.
a)
Four Asian Pandas
b)
Four Asian Kings
c)
Four Asian Tigers
d)
Four Asian Elephants
11.
A policy in international markets in which governments do not restrict imports or exports with tariffs, quotas, or embargoes.
a)
NAFTA
b)
Free Trade
c)
Closed Trade
d)
Socialism
12.
The measurement of gender equality introduced in 1995 that measures the gap between genders in the three basic dimensions of experiences of human development: health, education, and economic prosperity.
a)
Gender Development Index
b)
Gender Empowerment
c)
Gender Equality
d)
Gender Industrialization
13.
A measure of the opportunities given to woman compared to men within a given country.
a)
Gender Development
b)
Gender Equity
c)
Gender Industrialization
d)
The Gender Movement
14.
The total value of goods and services produced within the borders of a country during a specific time period, usually one year.
a)
Gross National Income
b)
Gross Domestic Income
c)
Gross Domestic Product
d)
Gross National Product
15.
The sum of value added by all producers who are residents in a nation, plus income received from abroad such as employee compensation and property income.
a)
Gross National Income
b)
Gross Domestic Income
c)
Gross Domestic Product
d)
Gross National Product
16.
Measure used by the United Nations that calculates development not in terms of money or productivity but in terms of human welfare. This index evaluates human welfare based on three parameters: life expectancy, education, and income, literacy rates.
a)
Industrialization Index
b)
Gender Development Index
c)
Human Development Index
d)
Official Development Index
17.
The illegal and untaxed business that includes many street vendors and the black market.
a)
Secondary Economic Activities
b)
Formal Economic Activities
c)
Informal Economic Activities
d)
Illegal Marketing
18.
An international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that fosters global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, more international trade, high employment and reduction of poverty throughout the world.
a)
International Trade
b)
World Bank
c)
US Department of the Treasury
d)
International Monetary Fund
19.
The percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short , simple statement.
a)
Dexterous
b)
Literacy Rate
c)
Ambidextrous
d)
Writing Rate
20.
The economic control that MDCs are sometimes believed to have over LDCs. Through organizations such as the IMF, the MDCs are able to dictate precisely what LDCs economic policies are, or are able to use their economic subsidies to put LDCs industries out of business.
a)
Neocolonialism
b)
Colonialism
c)
Pilgrimage
d)
Common Wealth
21.
In this stage of development there exists new leadership, greater flexibility, openness, and diversification of finished goods.
a)
Process of Development
b)
Take Off
c)
Preconditions for Take-Off
d)
Step One
22.
The practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports.
a)
Isolationism
b)
Neocolonialism
c)
Protectionism
d)
Protectorate
23.
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.
a)
Rostow's Stages of Growth Model
b)
Hotelling's Model
c)
Demographic Transition Model
d)
Epidimiological Transition Model
24.
The approach to development that is characterized by rejection of international trade. In this model, countries spread investment throughout the economy, protect fledgling industries, and limit imports and exports. This approach is often marred by inefficiency and a swelling bureaucracy.
a)
International Trade Approach
b)
Self-Sufficiency Approach
c)
Laid Back Approach
d)
United States Approach
25.
A package of economic and institutional measures designed to solve macroeconomic problems in developing countries by reducing government intervention in the economy, correcting the borrowing country's deficits and opening the country's economy to the global market, all in return for financial aid.
a)
Treasury Department
b)
Structural Adjustment Program
c)
Treasury Adjustment Program
d)
Monopolies
26.
The stage of development dominated by industrial revolution and sustained growth, urbanization increases, technology and mass production breakthroughs occur.
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Traditional Society
c)
Preconditions for Take Off
d)
Take Off
27.
The stage of development in which the dominant economic activity is subsistence farming, rigid social structure, limited technology.
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Traditional Society
c)
Preconditions for Take Off
d)
Take Off
28.
The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy.
a)
Uneven Development
b)
MDC
c)
LDC
d)
Even Development
29.
A United Nations international finance institution that provides loans to developing countries for the purpose of reducing poverty through the globe and increasing foreign investment and international trade.
a)
International Monetary System
b)
World Bank
c)
United Nations Children's Fund
d)
UN Women
30.
What is the primary sector?
a)
Transforms raw materials into manufactured goods
b)
Draws raw materials from the natural environment
c)
Involves services rather than goods
d)
Service jobs concerned with research and development
31.
When did the Industrial Revolution take place?
a)
A thousand years ago
b)
1700s
c)
1980s
d)
1800s
32.
Which of the following regions are primary industrial regions?
a)
Western and Central Europe
b)
Eastern North America
c)
Russia and the Ukraine and Eastern Asia
d)
All of the above
33.
In this stage of development technology diffuses, industrial specialization occurs
a)
Drive to Maturity
b)
Take Off
c)
Slow World
d)
Technological Revolution
34.
The approach to development that requires a country to identify its distinctive or unique economic resources and develop by concentrating on the export that resource, eventually expanding industry and relying on export income to finance further development.
a)
International Trade Approach
b)
Self-Sufficiency Approach
c)
Rapid Development Approach
d)
Extreme Development Approach
35.
Which of the following countries are rapidly increasing their share of the world's consumption of energy today?
a)
United States and Russia
b)
China and India
c)
Japan and South Korea
d)
Canada and Australia
36.
Which of the following is NOT one of the factors outlined in Weber's Least Cost Theory?
a)
Agglomeration
b)
Government regulation
c)
Transportation
d)
Labor
37.
Which of the following regions has been most impacted by deindustrialization?
a)
The Cotton Belt
b)
The Great Lakes
c)
The Great Plains
d)
The Pacific Northwest
38.
The main goal of NAFTA has been to
a)
More closely integrate the economies of Mexico, Canada, and the United States
b)
Strengthen the competitiveness of the Mexican economy
c)
Increase trade restrictions between Mexico, Canada, and the United States
d)
Restrict immigration across international borders in North America
39.
Which invention had the greatest impact during the Industrial Revolution in Britain?
a)
Spinning jenny
b)
Steam engine
c)
Cotton gin
d)
Electicity
40.
What is the difference between primary and secondary industry?
a)
Secondary industry is more dependent on the location of natural resources
b)
Primary industry is more dependent on mechanized production
c)
Secondary industry is less dependent on the location of natural resources
d)
None of these
41.
Which of the following is the best example of a bulk-reducing industry EXCEPT?
a)
Ethenol production
b)
Steel manufacturing
c)
Automobile manufacturing
d)
Copper mining
42.
Which of the following economic sectors grows the fastest as a country industrializes?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quinary
43.
Most products manufactured in maquiladoras are sent to consumers in what country?
a)
Mexico
b)
United States
c)
China
d)
Brazil
44.
What term refers to the idea that economic interaction between MDCs and LDCs permanently keeps LDCs at an economic disadvantage?
a)
Appropriation
b)
Modernization
c)
Sustainable Development
d)
Dependency
45.
Based on Wallerstein's world-systems theory, which of the following countries would be considered a core country in the 21st century?
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Germany
c)
China
d)
Australia
46.
All of the following factors are important in locating an industrial activity EXCEPT
a)
cost of labor
b)
climate
c)
government policies
d)
market demand for the good
47.
Which of the following countries has NOT been impacted by deindustrialization?
a)
Egypt
b)
Japan
c)
Germany
d)
United States
48.
The location of a bulk-reducing industry is most likely to be affected by the
a)
Cost of labor
b)
Close proximity to the market
c)
Proximity to raw materials
d)
Good access to ports
49.
Which of the following regions has the largest gap in the quality of life between men and women?
a)
Middle East
b)
Central America
c)
sub-Saharan Africa
d)
South Asia
50.
Which of the following is NOT at advantage of outsourcing?
a)
Takes advantage of low cost overseas labor
b)
Simplifies logistics of transporting parts and finished goods
c)
Provides more flexibility for companies
d)
Creates competitive markets for parts and supplies
51.
What was manufacturing like prior to the Industrial Revolution?
a)
Mechanized assembly line with workers monitoring the product's quality
b)
Large factories located in cities were owned by corporations
c)
Individual families produced goods by hand or on individual machines
d)
Manufacturing did not exist prior to the Industrial Revolution
52.
What stage of the DTM is most associated with the industrialization of a country's economy?
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
53.
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
a)
United States
b)
Germany
c)
United Kingdom
d)
France
54.
Which of the following regions has the highest percentage of its GDP from agriculture?
a)
Central America
b)
Central Africa
c)
Western Europe
d)
South America
55.
Many jobs are being outsourced because of telecommunication technology. This is known as
a)
Agglomeration
b)
NGO
c)
Distance decay
d)
Space-time compression
56.
Where is the secondary industrial region of the US?
a)
Northeast
b)
Silicon Valley
c)
South
d)
Midwest
57.
Which theory did Hotelling create?
a)
locational interdependence
b)
time-space compression
c)
least cost theory
d)
location theory
58.
Which theory did Weber create?
a)
Least cost theory
b)
locaitonal interdependence
c)
time-space compression
d)
location theory
59.
A company that has headquarters/factories all over the world is known as a
a)
special economic zone
b)
primary activity
c)
secondary activity
d)
transnational corporation
60.
The production of most metals is known as which type of industry?
a)
bulk-gaining
b)
bulk-reducing
c)
primary
d)
least cost theory
61.
The first industries to benefit in the industrial revolution were iron and textiles
a)
True
b)
False
62.
During the 1800s Industrial Revolution, the most important fuel source for manufacturing was
a)
Coal
b)
Oil
c)
hydro-electric
d)
solar
63.
A clustering of rubber tire and windshield producers near automobile assembly plants is best explained by the benefits of
a)
Agglomeration
b)
Productivity
c)
Range
d)
Time-space compression
64.
Which of the following countries in 2008 has the largest percent of its workforce engaged in the tertiary or service sector?
a)
Peru
b)
China
c)
Egypt
d)
Germany
65.
A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near
a)
Intermodal connections
b)
Raw goods
c)
Energy supplies
d)
Labor
66.
When a good requires 2 or more methods of transportation. This is known as
a)
Break of Bulk
b)
Intermodal Connection
c)
Bulk reducing
d)
Bulk gaining
67.
Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found prior to the industrial revolution is known as
a)
primary industry
b)
cottage industry
c)
pre-industrialization
d)
hunting and gathering
68.
Location factors related to the costs of factors of production inside the plant such as land, labor and capital
a)
Site
b)
Situation
c)
Location theory
d)
Transportation
69.
Manufacturing or other industry in which cost of transporting both raw materials and finished product is not important for determining location of the firm. For example, diamonds or computer chips.
a)
Agglomeration Economies
b)
Cottage Industry
c)
Footloose Industry
d)
Fordist
70.
The north-south divide, located near the 30th parallel, that divides the more
a)
Brandt Line
b)
Digital Divide
c)
North/South Divide
d)
The Continental Divide
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