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WorksheetsAP Human Geography: Unit 6 Development, Industry, Services
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
1. Soda bottling is an example of a
a)
perishable industry.
b)
labor intensive industry.
c)
bulk-gaining industry.
d)
communications-oriented industry.
3.
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.
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.
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
11.
A Doctor or Lawyer would be in which economic sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Qinary
12.
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
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.
How is Self-Sufficiency acomplished
a)
Making it difficult to export
b)
high import taxes
c)
quotas on imports
d)
ALL
19.
A Country with an HDI of .92 is most likely what type of country
a)
MDC
b)
LDC
c)
In between
20.
Newly industrialized countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the
a)
Core
b)
Periphery
c)
Semi-Periphery
d)
External
21.
Which of the following is not an economic measure of development?
a)
GDP
b)
Purchasing Power Parity
c)
GNI
d)
literacy rate
22.
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
23.
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
24.
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
25.
Which types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?
a)
Core Countries
b)
NICs
c)
Semi-Periphery Countries
d)
Periphery Countries
26.
Which region of the world has no core countries?
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Oceania
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
27.
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
28.
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
29.
GDP PPP shows..
a)
The total income of a country
b)
How much people earn on average
c)
How much you can buy with your money
30.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
a)
hydroelectricity
b)
oil
c)
coal
d)
fossil fuel
31.
Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing?
a)
An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
b)
An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost
c)
A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company.
d)
An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies
32.
What allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
ANSEAN
d)
HDI
33.
Which of the following is NOT infrastructure?
a)
Roads
b)
Electrical cables
c)
Public Parks
d)
Air Ports
34.
Which country would be most likely to advertise Ecotourism?
a)
South Korea
b)
Costa Rica
c)
China
d)
Netherlands
35.
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
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.
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.
40.
Police, firefighters, DMV employees are examples of
a)
Insurance industry jobs
b)
Business services jobs
c)
Public services jobs
d)
Government services jobs
41.
About 50% of all Americans are employed by
a)
Public Services
b)
Business Services
c)
Disney
d)
Consumer Services
42.
The area surrounding a market from which customers are attracted to a product or service
a)
Hamlet
b)
Hinterland
c)
Range
d)
Threshold
43.
A city that is disproportionately larger than any other in its country and is politically and culturally dominant
a)
Regional Capital
b)
Hamlet
c)
Primate City
d)
Global City
44.
The two most powerful global cities are
a)
London and New York
b)
London and Bejing
c)
Tokyo and New York
d)
Westminster and Garden Grove
45.
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
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