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WorksheetsAP Human Geography Review- Unit 6
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 44mins
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.
The Chicago area became a significant asset for the Western Great Lakes region owing to its steel industries and its
a)
large market area.
b)
access to the nation's transportation network.
c)
greater distance from raw materials essential for the steel industry.
d)
skilled labor force.
5.
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
6.
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
7.
What are the factories in Mexico called?
a)
Mariachi
b)
Maquiladoras
c)
Commercial Factories
d)
No factories in Mexico
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
If a product is heavier when it arrives at the factory than when it leaves (trees--> paper, potatoes-->chips) then the factory will be ____________ to the market
a)
closer
b)
farther
12.
A Doctor or Lawyer would be in which economic sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Qinary
13.
Another word for progress. . . This describes the wealth and well being of a country as it grows and prospers.
a)
Dependency Ratio
b)
Primary Sector
c)
GNI
d)
Development
14.
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
15.
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
16.
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
17.
Mining and farming are part of which economic sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
18.
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
19.
What job sector is teaching in?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
None
20.
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
21.
How is Self-Sufficiency acomplished
a)
Making it difficult to export
b)
high import taxes
c)
quotas on imports
d)
ALL
22.
A Country with an HDI of .92 is most likely what type of country
a)
MDC
b)
LDC
c)
In between
23.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
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
27.
What is mortality rate?
a)
a measure of the number of deaths in a particular population
b)
death
c)
life
28.
What is infant mortality rate?
a)
the number of infant born in an area
b)
none of the above
c)
the number of infants who die for every thousand births
29.
Newly industrialized countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the
a)
Core
b)
Periphery
c)
Semi-Periphery
d)
External
30.
Which of the following is not an economic measure of development?
a)
GDP
b)
Purchasing Power Parity
c)
GNI
d)
literacy rate
31.
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
32.
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
33.
Which movement has aims to improve economic prospects for producers and laborers in LDCs?
a)
fair trade
b)
maquiladora movement
c)
sustainability initiative
d)
World Trade Organization
34.
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
35.
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
36.
This model shows how countries can become developed through 5 stages of increased international trade and modernization.
a)
Rostow
b)
Wallerstein
c)
Self-Sufficiency
d)
fair trade
37.
Mexico, China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa are all
a)
peripheral countries
b)
MDCs
c)
core countries
d)
semi-peripheral countries
38.
Which types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?
a)
Core Countries
b)
NICs
c)
Semi-Periphery Countries
d)
Periphery Countries
39.
Which region of the world has no core countries?
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Oceania
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
40.
Where are most core countries located?
a)
Western Hemisphere
b)
Eastern Hemisphere
c)
Northern Hemisphere
d)
Southern Hemisphere
41.
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
42.
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
43.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
a)
hydroelectricity
b)
oil
c)
coal
d)
fossil fuel
44.
Which country in the world uses the most fossil fuels per capita?
a)
China
b)
Australia
c)
United States
d)
India
45.
Which of the following is NOT a major source of electricity in the United States?
a)
petroleum
b)
natural gas
c)
coal
d)
nuclear power
46.
The UN considers all but the following factors when determining a country's level of development, its HDI (Human Development Index).
a)
Life expectancy
b)
Literacy rate
c)
Income per capita
d)
Natural increase rate
47.
Which three indicators are used to measure the HDI?
a)
Literacy rate, number of trees and GNI
b)
Life expectancy, schooling and GNI per capita
48.
What is GNI?
a)
Gross National Income - the amount of money a country makes
b)
Grand National Industry - the biggest industry in a country
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