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APHG Unit 7 Industry/Economic Dev. Patters/Processes

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 43mins

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.
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
24.
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
25.
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
26.
Which types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?
a)
Core Countries
b)
NICs
c)
Semi-Periphery Countries
d)
Periphery Countries
27.
Where are most core countries located?
a)
Western Hemisphere
b)
Eastern Hemisphere
c)
Northern Hemisphere
d)
Southern Hemisphere
28.
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
29.
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
30.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
a)
hydroelectricity
b)
oil
c)
coal
d)
fossil fuel
31.
Which country in the world uses the most fossil fuels per capita?
a)
China
b)
Australia
c)
United States
d)
India
32.
What allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
ANSEAN
d)
HDI
33.
Which statistic tells you how much money a country makes? 
a)
HDI
b)
PPP
c)
GNP
d)
WTO
34.
Where was the hearth of the Industrial revolution? 
a)
Germany
b)
USA
c)
Russia
d)
England
35.
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 
36.
Which resource has produced the most energy over the last 200 years? 
a)
Uranium
b)
Coal
c)
Gas
d)
Oil 
37.
 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.
38.

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

39.

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

40.

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

41.
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
42.

Which sector has grown the fastest in developed countries?

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

43.
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 
44.

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

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

45.

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

46.

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

47.

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

48.
__________ 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
49.

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

50.

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

51.

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

52.
Which of the following is an example of a footloose industry?
a)
diamonds
b)
computer chips
c)
winery
d)
hotels.com
53.
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
54.
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
55.

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

a)

Offshoring

b)

Outsourcing

56.

What is economics?

a)

The decrease in the value of money.

b)

The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

c)

The collection and use of natural resources by a single country over a year.

d)

How much money a country makes each year.

57.

What important challenge faces many developing nations today?

a)

Farmers losing their jobs to fishermen

b)

different programs have reduced military spending

c)

a high calorie diet causes widespread obesity and a short life expectancy

d)

low literacy rates and a lack of education slow the pace of economic development

58.
A command economy is when the government is in control.
a)
True
b)
False
59.
The four types of economic systems are: 
a)
Traditional, Command, Mixed, & Market
b)
Traditional, Command, Combined, & Market
c)
Communism, Capitalism, Free Market, and Macroeconomics
d)
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Individual, and Traditional.
60.

In a socialist economic system, the government ______.

a)

guarantees all consumers a high income

b)

often owns major businesses and controls industries

c)

does not influence the distribution of goods and services

d)

has little say in what goods are made

61.
Which economic activity would lawyers, doctors, salespeople, and customer service representatives fall under?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
62.
Which of the following is an economic system in which economic decisions are made according to social roles & culture?
a)
Market economy
b)
Command economy
c)
Traditional economy
d)
Mixed economy
63.
Capitalism flourishes here in this economic system.
a)
Traditional
b)
Market
c)
Command
d)
Mixed
64.
What type of economy do most countries in the world have?
a)
Market economy
b)
Command economy
c)
Traditional economy
d)
Mixed economy
65.
The Country of North Korea has a dictator that makes all of the economic decisions. What type of economy is this?
a)
Traditional 
b)
Market 
c)
Command 
d)
Centrally Planned 
66.

What happens in the secondary sector?

a)

Coffee beans are farmed.

b)

Coffee beans are cooked and packaged.

c)

Coffee is sold at Starbucks.

d)

The effects of coffee are researched.

67.

Competition drives ____________________.

a)

Nothing

b)

Communism

c)

Globalization

d)

Innovation

68.

A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.

a)

Acid deposition

b)

Break-of-bulk point

c)

Bulk-gaining industry

d)

Site factors

69.

An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises a greater volume than the inputs.

a)

Bulk-gaining industry

b)

Cottage industry

c)

Bulk-reducing industry

d)

Apparel

70.

An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs.

a)

Just-in-time delivery

b)

Bulk-gaining industry

c)

Bulk-reducing industry

d)

Right-to-work law

71.

A form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to preform repeatedly

a)

Green House

b)

Break-of-bulk

c)

Air Pollution

d)

Fordist Production

e)

Ferrous

72.

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

a)

New international division of labor

b)

Air pollution

c)

Apparel

d)

Industrial Revolution

73.

Shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed

a)

Just-in-time delivery

b)

Labor-intensive industry

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

Bulk-reducing industry

74.

Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low-paid, less-skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries.

a)

Apparel

b)

Acid deposition

c)

Greenhouse effect

d)

New International Division of Labor

75.

A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers.

a)

Ozone

b)

Photochemical smog

c)

Outsourcing

d)

Textile

76.
The five stages of growth experienced by countries who ascribe to the international trade approach to economic development; namely, traditional society, preconditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption.
a)
Rostow's Stages of Growth Model 
b)
Hotelling's Model 
c)
Demographic Transition Model 
d)
Development Transition Model 

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