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RVQ 6.3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most important locational factor for the service sector is _____.

a)

energy

b)

transportation

c)

market

d)

labor

2.

Technopoles, a collection of high-technology industries, can be found in a number of countries. Which of the following is not a region containing one of these countries?

a)

Eastern Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

North America

3.

Technolopoles tend to be located near _____.

a)

raw materials

b)

cheap labor

c)

electricity supplies

d)

centers of research and development (major research universities)

4.

High-technology corridors have sprung up in the global economic core. The resulting collection of high-tech industries has been called a technopole with the best known being California’s “Silicon Valley.” A similar concentration has appeared around the city of _____ in the eastern United States.

a)

New York

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Richmond

d)

Boston

5.

Fayetteville, Arkansas has become a _____ because of Wal-Mart.

a)

break-of-bulk point

b)

techno pole

c)

growth pole

d)

the most polluted city in the United States

6.

People working in the _____ sector of economic activity tend to have high levels of specialized knowledge or technical skills.

a)

quaternary

b)

teritary

c)

secondary

d)

primary

7.

Service industries are commonly referred to as _____ industries.

a)

tertiary

b)

secondary

c)

quaternary

d)

quiinary

8.

The eastern region of the Sun Belt in the United States originally served as _____.

a)

tourist region

b)

industrial region

c)

governmental centers

d)

foreign investment areas

9.

Once a relatively small activity confined to a set of specialized locations, what is no the world's largest service sector industry?

a)

tourism

b)

retail

c)

entertainment

d)

sports

10.

True or false: Technopoles are located near major universities and centers of research and development.

a)

true

b)

false