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WorksheetsRVQ 6.3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
The most important locational factor for the service sector is _____.
energy
transportation
market
labor
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?
Eastern Asia
Africa
Australia
North America
Technolopoles tend to be located near _____.
raw materials
cheap labor
electricity supplies
centers of research and development (major research universities)
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.
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Boston
Fayetteville, Arkansas has become a _____ because of Wal-Mart.
break-of-bulk point
techno pole
growth pole
the most polluted city in the United States
People working in the _____ sector of economic activity tend to have high levels of specialized knowledge or technical skills.
quaternary
teritary
secondary
primary
Service industries are commonly referred to as _____ industries.
tertiary
secondary
quaternary
quiinary
The eastern region of the Sun Belt in the United States originally served as _____.
tourist region
industrial region
governmental centers
foreign investment areas
Once a relatively small activity confined to a set of specialized locations, what is no the world's largest service sector industry?
tourism
retail
entertainment
sports
True or false: Technopoles are located near major universities and centers of research and development.
true
false
