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APHG Unit 7 (Development, Industrialization, Economic)

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1.  Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to
a)
 avoid skilled laborers.
b)
minimize production costs inside the plant.
c)
 minimize transport costs.
d)
identify unique characteristics of a particular industry.
2.
 Producers of automobiles select assembly plant locations primarily for their closer access to
a)
government subsidies.
b)
raw materials
c)
water transportation.
d)
 labor markets.
3.
1.  Soda bottling is an example of a
a)
 perishable industry.
b)
 labor intensive industry.
c)
 bulk-gaining industry.
d)
 communications-oriented industry.
4.
A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near what?
a)
Factory
b)
Consumer Products 
c)
Raw materials 
d)
Break-of-bulk Point
5.
Why are the factories in Mexico close to the border? 
a)
Where the best resources are
b)
The geography is best there
c)
Easy to ship in and out
6.
What are the factories in Mexico called?
a)
Mariachi
b)
Maquiladoras
c)
Commercial Factories
d)
No factories in Mexico
7.
According to Alfred Weber, which one of the following costs of production is the most important factor in locating a new industry?
a)
Labor
b)
Transportation
c)
Raw Materials
d)
Agglomeration Costs
8.
Targets generally have Best Buys, Sally Beauty Salons, Famous Footwear, JC Penny, & Petsmarts near them. This is known as what? 
a)
Maquiladora Industires
b)
Just-in-time planning
c)
Agglomerations
d)
Outsourcing
9.
AT&T having their call centers stationed in India and China is known as what industry practice? 
a)
Agglomerations
b)
Outsourcing
c)
NAFTA
d)
Special Economic Zones
10.
A Doctor or Lawyer would be in which economic sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Qinary
11.
Shows the influence of women in a society by measuring women's income, participation in labor force, and political influence. 
a)
Human Development Index
b)
GNP
c)
Gender Empowerment Index
d)
GDP
12.
The set of goals that were made by the UN in 2000 and were revisited in recent years to evaluate progress on development of LDC's in the world.
a)
HDI
b)
Millennium Development Goals
c)
Informal Economy
d)
UNHCR
13.
The term used for a country with high birth rates, high death rates, little economic growth, and a high population in the primary sector.
a)
MDC
b)
LDC
c)
HDI
d)
GNP
14.
Mining and farming are part of which economic sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
15.
What stage of Rostow's Development Index does technology first get introduced?
a)
1-Traditional Society
b)
2-Preconditions of takeoff
c)
3-takeoff
d)
4-drive to maturaty
16.
What job sector is teaching in?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
None
17.
What is GDI
a)
A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology
b)
Compares the level of development of women with that both sexes
c)
The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period
d)
Compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making
18.
What makes up the human development index?
a)
life expectancy
b)
per capita income
c)
education level and literacy rate
d)
all of the above
19.
What does the human development index of a country tell us? 
a)
the qualify of life in a country
b)
 the quantity of life in a country
20.
What is per capita income?
a)
the total amount of money a country makes in a year
b)
the average amount of money earned by each person in a country
c)
the amount of capital a person owns
d)
none of the above 
21.
What is life expectancy?
a)
the oldest a person is expected to live in a country 
b)
the average number of years a person  in a country is expected to live
22.
Newly industrialized countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the 
a)
Core
b)
Periphery
c)
Semi-Periphery
d)
External
23.
Which economic measure of development divides the total value of goods and services produced within a country in a given year by its population?
a)
GDP
b)
GDP per capita 
c)
Purchasing Power Parity 
d)
GINI coefficient
24.
Whose development model consists of a 5 stage process that countries go through as they develop economically?
a)
Losch 
b)
Rostow 
c)
Wallerstein 
d)
Weber
25.
Countries in _____ and _____ would likely have the highest rates of gender equality.
a)
North America: Western Europe 
b)
South America: Western Europe 
c)
North America: South America
d)
East Asia: South America
26.
Sub-Saharan Africa has all of the following problems, EXCEPT
a)
Corrupt and/or inefficient governments
b)
Low levels of female empowerment
c)
A lack of mineral resources
d)
A relatively uneducated populace
27.
Which types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?
a)
Core Countries
b)
NICs
c)
Semi-Periphery Countries
d)
Periphery Countries
28.
Which region of the world has no core countries?
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Oceania
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
29.
Where are most core countries located?
a)
Western Hemisphere
b)
Eastern Hemisphere
c)
Northern Hemisphere
d)
Southern Hemisphere
30.
Farming, mining, fishing, and forestry are all considered to be
a)
Primary Economic Activities
b)
Secondary Economic Activities
c)
Tertiary Economic Activities
d)
Quaternary Economic Activities
31.
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.
a)
Dependency Theory
b)
Neo liberal counterrevolution
c)
structural adjustment loan
d)
World Systems theory
32.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
a)
hydroelectricity
b)
oil
c)
coal
d)
fossil fuel
33.
Which country in the world uses the most fossil fuels per capita?
a)
China
b)
Australia
c)
United States
d)
India
34.
What allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
ANSEAN
d)
HDI
35.
Which statistic tells you how much money a country makes? 
a)
HDI
b)
PPP
c)
GNP
d)
WTO
36.
Where was the hearth of the Industrial revolution? 
a)
Germany
b)
USA
c)
Russia
d)
England
37.
Why does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant? 
a)
Because Coca Cola is a Bluk Reducing Industry
b)
Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Gaining Industry 
c)
Because Coca Cola is a Footloose industry
d)
Because Coca Cola is a Basic Industry 
38.
Which resource has produced the most energy over the last 200 years? 
a)
Uranium
b)
Coal
c)
Gas
d)
Oil 
39.
 Producers of automobiles select assembly plant locations primarily for their closer access to
a)
government subsidies.
b)
raw materials
c)
water transportation.
d)
 labor markets.
40.
 Eastern North America became the continent's manufacturing center in part because it had access to the continent's
a)
 largest markets.
b)
 most extensive sources of essential raw materials.
c)
Ocean going transportation links to Asia.
d)
all of these
41.

Prior to the Industrial revolution, people made household tools, clothing, and agricultural equipment in their homes, which is known as the_________

a)

Home-Bound Industry

b)

Sustainable Development

c)

Fair Trade Industry

d)

Cottage Industry

42.

What were the first industries to be impacted by the industrial revolution?

a)

Iron, Coal, Transportation, Textiles, chemicals, food processing

b)

Petroleum, natural gas, hydroelectricity, aerospace engineering

c)

Subsistence farming, cottage industry, animal domestication

d)

automotive, steel, telecommunications, railroads

43.

A company faces 2 geographic costs- __________ in which a firm seeks to reduce the cost of transporting inputs to factories and finished products to market; and _______ which firms seek a location with unique characteristics

a)

situation factors; site factors

b)

Input factors; output factors

c)

More developed factor; less developed factor

d)

bulk-gaining factors; bulk reducing factors

44.

The least expensive mode of transport for shipping goods over long distances is by:

a)

automobile

b)

rail

c)

ship

d)

truck

45.
Toyota operates in which industry sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Quaternary
d)
Quinary
46.
Norilsk Nickel was a leading mining company in Russia in 2015. This is a form of _________. 
a)
Primary Sector
b)
Secondary Sector
c)
Tertiary Sector
d)
Quaternary Second
47.

Which sector has grown the fastest in developed countries?

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

48.
Why do most restaurants clump together in shopping malls and on busy street corners?
a)
Agglomeration
b)
Ease of Access
c)
More Capital
d)
Laws of Location 
49.

Which level of development is a country where most people work at the subsistence level?

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

50.

Countries in this level of economic development have most of their people living in rural areas.

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

51.

Which level of economic development are countries where people are beginning to move from rural to urban areas in search of factory jobs?

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

52.

The Industrial Revolution

a)

was geographically dispersed

b)

was a transformation that was solely industrial

c)

is a term commonly used to define a process that began in Eastern Europe

d)

was a gradual diffusion of new ideas and techniques

e)

first developed in the United States

53.

A company that uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near

a)

break-of-bulk points

b)

consumers

c)

raw material

d)

major urban areas

e)

their sources of inputs

54.
__________ involves the economic and political domination of one state by another, while ___________ includes official, instituationalized government rule.
a)
Regionalism…..sectionalism
b)
Sectionalism…regionalism
c)
Imperialism….colonialism
d)
Colonialism…imperialism
e)
Nationalism…isolationism
55.

One reason some companies choose to participate in outsourcing is

a)

lack of essential servies

b)

opportunity to lower production costs

c)

need to establish labor unions

d)

support for new technology

56.

Which statement best explains why nations must trade?

a)

All nations belong to free trade agreements

b)

All nations seek out new production methods

c)

No nation has all necessary resources

d)

No nation can employ all of its laborers

57.

Which is a resource that allows nations to develop a high per-capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

a)

State-owned farms

b)

Humanitarian aid

c)

Skilled workforce

d)

Governmental restrictions

58.

The European Union has most benefited its member nations by

a)

reducing barriers to trade and travel

b)

sharing expense of a common defense

c)

promoting the use of a common language

d)

providing funds and materials for education

59.
Which of the following is an example of a footloose industry?
a)
diamonds
b)
computer chips
c)
winery
d)
hotels.com
60.
The mining of rare earth metals in Sub-saharan Africa for electronic products consumed in Europe and North America best reflects
a)
Dependancy Ratio
b)
High Mass Consuption
c)
Irredentism
d)
Neocolonialism
61.
Manufacturing system that relies on highly educated workers, doing complex tasks with a high degree of flexibility.
a)
Fordism
b)
Toyotaism
c)
Post-Fordism
d)
Assembly Line
62.

The movement of jobs from the U.S to countries like India is an example of which of the following?

a)

Offshoring

b)

Outsourcing

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