WorksheetsAPHG Unit 6 Industry
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
It is especially important for steel minimills to locate near:
iron ore deposits
coal deposits
inexpensive labor
major metropolitan areas
Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing?
An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost
A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company.
An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies
Why does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant?
Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Reducing Industry
Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Gaining Industry
Because Coca Cola is a primary sector industry
Because Coca Cola is a Basic Industry
A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near what?
Factory
Consumer Products
Raw materials
Break-of-bulk Point
Which statistic tells you how much money a country makes?
HDI
GII
GNP
GDP
What allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?
NAFTA
NATO
HDI
ANSEAN
Eastern North America became the continent's manufacturing center in part because it had access to the continent's
largest markets.
most extensive sources of essential raw materials.
Ocean going transportation links to Asia.
all of these
According to Alfred Weber, which one of the following costs of production is the most important factor in locating a new industry?
Labor
Transportation
Raw materials
Agglomeration costs
Which resource has produced the most energy over the last 200 years?
Uranium
Coal
Oil
Gas
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
situation factors; site factors
Input factors; output factors
More developed factor; less developed factor
bulk-gaining factors; bulk reducing factors
What are the factories in Mexico called?
Mariachi
Maquiladoras
Commercial Factories
No factories in Mexico
Why are the factories in Mexico close to the border?
Where the best resources are
The geography is best there
Easy to ship in and out
Access to sea trade
Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to...
avoid skilled laborers.
minimize production costs inside the plant.
minimize transportation costs.
identify unique characteristics of a particular industry.
Prior to the Industrial revolution, people made household tools, clothing, and agricultural equipment in their homes, which is known as the_________
Home-Bound Industry
Sustainable Development
Fair Trade Industry
Cottage Industry
The least expensive mode of transport for shipping goods over long distances is by:
plane
rail
ship
truck
Which of the following is an example of a site consideration when locating an industry?
The manufacturing process is labor intensive.
The industry in question is bulk-reducing.
The manufacturing process is bulk-gaining.
The product is perishable.
Where was the hearth of the Industrial revolution?
Germany
USA
Russia
England
Which of the following is NOT a textile?
Pants
Shirt
Blanket
Wrapper
Soda bottling is an example of a
perishable industry.
labor intensive industry.
bulk-gaining industry.
communications-oriented industry.
Producers of automobiles select assembly plant locations primarily for their closer access to
government subsidies.
raw materials
water transportation.
labor markets.
What were the first industries to be impacted by the industrial revolution?
Iron, Coal, Transportation, Textiles, chemicals, food processing
Petroleum, natural gas, hydroelectricity, aerospace engineering
Subsistence farming, cottage industry, animal domestication
Automotive, steel, telecommunications, railroads
What is GDI
A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology
Compares the relative level of development of women with that of both sexes
The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period
Compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making
The term used for a country with high birth rates, high death rates, little economic growth, and a high population in the primary sector.
MDC
LDC
HDI
GNP
What is the total value of goods and services produced by a country
Gross Product Domestic
Domestic Gross Product
Product Gross Domestic
Gross Domestic Product
Norilsk Nickel was a leading mining company in Russia in 2015. This company is part of the _________.
Primary Sector
Secondary Sector
Tertiary Sector
Quaternary Second
The Gender-Related Development Index(GDI) is lowest in
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Europe
South America
East Asia
Another word for progress. . . This describes the wealth and well being of a country as it grows and prospers.
Dependency Ratio
Primary Sector
GNI
Development
A clothing store operates in which industry sector?
Primary
Secondary
Quaternary
Tertiary
Which sector has grown in the fastest in developed countries?
primary
secondary
tertiary
Shows the influence of women in a society by measuring women's income, participation in labor force, and political influence.
Human Development Index
GNP
Gender Empowerment Index
GDP
What is NOT an aspect of the human development index?
life expectancy
government participation
per capita income
education level and literacy rate
GE, Coca-cola, Nokia, Samsung, Pepsi, Walt-Disney represent a few of the many
World Bank contributors.
World Trade Organizations.
Transnational Corporations.
Fairtrade Labeling Organizations .
Of the following areas, the Human Development Index is highest in...
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Scandinavia
Which movement has aims to improve economic prospects for producers and laborers in LDCs?
fair trade
maquiladora movement
sustainability initiative
free trade
Which of the following best describes Rostow’s model of economic development?
Countries should outsource industrial production to periphery countries in order to lower the cost of goods in the “Core”.
Countries will proceed through a series of stages in which a country focuses on the development of industries in which it has a comparative advantage.
Governments should purchase and create companies within their border and slowly build the company.
A country should invest equally across all sectors of the economy and protect new industries from international competition.
A Country with an HDI of .92 is most likely what type of country
MDC
LDC
SDC
GII
