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WorksheetsUnit 6 Development Test
Total questions: 130
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
Alternative to international trade and especially multinational companies that rely on cheap labor that instead emphasizes small businesses and worker-owned and democratically run cooperatives and requires employers to pay workers fair wages, permit union organizing, and comply with minimum environmental and safety standards is
the labor that is available in the country
Oceania
that it helps to spread investment dollars evenly throughout the world
Both are examples of the self sufficiency model
How does more girls going to secondary school affect the population growth in the developing world?
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) decreases
Population growth (NIR) decreases
Crude Birth Rate (CBR) decreases
LDC's and DC's may push into the next stages of the DTM
How does more girls going to secondary school affect the population growth in the developing world?
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) decreases
Population growth (NIR) decreases
Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) decrease
Maternal Mortality Rates (MMR) decrease
In the developing world, more girls going to secondary school causes the TFR to decrease, the NIR to decrease, population growth to decrease, CBR to decrease, IMR to decrease, and MMR (Maternal Mortality Rate) to decrease because:
As women are educated, they have more opportunities outside of having children that they don't want to give up to have kids so young
As women are educated, job opportunities and career opportunities increase and women don't want to give up to have kids so young
As women are educated, women marry later in life which delays having kids and results in overall less kids
As women are educated, they learn more and have more access to birth control and family planning leading to less pregnancies and less kids and less pregnancies also leads to less deaths of women in childbirth
How does more girls going to secondary school affect gender roles in the developing world?
As more girls go to secondary school, they have more freedom, choices, respect, opportunities and can have better social, legal, and socioeconomic status
As more girls go to secondary school, the overall wellness of the society is created by more gender equity because women have more social and political rights
As more girls go to secondary school, the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) increases as women assume more positions of political and economic power
As more girls go to secondary school, women challenge social norms by taking roles more traditionally held by men that can result in social and domestic disruption
More girls going to secondary schools has many examples of effects on gender roles because:
the GEM increases because more women are taking jobs that are decision making in the economic system, management jobs in companies, and leadership roles in the political system
the GDI increases because more women are hired without sexism and discrimination and many women have greater financial independence through careers outside of the home leading to the greater contribution to the country's development
as women are included into more previously male-dominated workplaces and roles there can be a change in the traditional male and female and husband and wife role where the woman earns more money and makes more decisions while the man takes on more of the care of the children and the house
if there is resistance against the empowerment of women this can lead to higher rates of divorce, increased violence against women, and increased dowry deaths/honor killings, but if there is acceptance of the empowerment and equity of women this can lead to decreased violence against women and decreased dowry death/honor killings
What is an effect on economic development in the developing world as more girls go to secondary school?
Economic development rates such as the GDP, GNI, GNP, and PPP increase
Economic growth increases and the economy improves
Literacy rates and education improve leading to more women getting jobs resulting in increases in economic development
More women start their own businesses and more women enter the formal workforce
Explain why more girls going to school in the developing world affects economic development
With greater education, there are more skilled and qualified workers as well as a more productive and literate workforce that can lead to economic growth and increases in the economic development rates
With greater education, women are employed less in agriculture and more in the industrial and service jobs that can lead to better paying jobs for women; more income to spend on family needs including the healthy and education of their children
As more women go to school they learn the technology and financial skills to run businesses and microindustries and microloans created for women mean women can open and own small businesses in developing countries
With greater education, women get jobs in the formal sector and pay taxes rather than the informal sector and not pay taxes that can result in more spending money that can lead to other businesses opening and more money for the government to spend on services such as infrastructure and education that can lead to greater economic growth
Which of the following is an economic reason for the low Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in Western Europe?
Universal or affordable health care provides access to health care for the mother and infant in the prenatal stage and 1st year of life through access to qualified health care workers and health care facilities
Good wealthy economy means higher standards of living through access to healthy foods, better sanitation systems, better water systems, and better housing and health systems
Post industrial higher wealth countries have the money to provide better care for infants such as giving parents paid leave from work to care for a newborn infant, services and food to families who are poor and would not otherwise have access to healthcare and food, and access to doctors and healthcare to ensure healthy pregnancies, births, and life after birth
Wealthier countries have good education systems that with better knowledge leads to improved lives as a result of less teen pregnancies, better information about how to care for a child and feed a child, and less children per woman leading to more focus per child
How does quality education help the UN Sustainable Development Goal of affecting Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) in rural communities in South Asia and other LDC's and DC's?
Quality education improves lives and increases access to health care services leading to lower IMR by providing knowledge of nutrition, family planning, prenatal and infant care, vaccinations, and how to prevent and treat diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria
Quality education creates more well-trained medical workers that can lead to lower IMR by providing support and medical care to mothers and new babies before, during, and after childbirth and as less children die, people will want to have less kids as parents realize that their children are living they will not have to have so many babies to replace those who previously would have died
Quality education increases skills and leads to paid employment and money reduces poverty and hunger through better infant care, housing and diet which lead to lower IMR as well as leading to women having fewer kids leading to lower IMR
Quality education improves standard of living meaning people can afford better health care and the society overall has better facilities, hygiene, and infrastructure leading to lower IMR as less babies die as well as more girls in school leads to women having less children and having better information to better take care of their kids leading to less babies dying or lower IMR
How does clean water and sanitation systems/infrastructure help the UN Sustainable Development Goal of affecting Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) in rural communities in South Asia and other LDC's and DC's?
clean water and sanitation systems/infrastructure improves improves access to safe and affordable drinking water that can lead to less energy and time spent looking for and collecting water which means more girls being able to go to school leading to women having less kids therefore a lower IMR as well as being better prepared and educated to care for their children leading to lower IMR
clean water and sanitation systems/infrastructure creates better sanitation and hygiene reducing the likelihood of disease such as extreme diarrhea and infections for the mother and baby leading to better health of mothers and less babies dying so lower IMR
clean water and sanitation systems/infrastructure reduces water scarcity and increases water supplies lowering the chances of drought in some of the world's poorest countries leading to more food through farming yields for women and babies decreasing hunger and malnutrition and less babies dying so lower IMR
clean water and sanitation systems/infrastructure improves sustainable water management leading to increased application of technology such as irrigation systems that can increase agricultural productivity leading to the availability of more food to eat for women and infants leading to less babies dying so lower IMR
Industry before the industrial revolution was dispersed in what was called
As a country develops, why does the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) decrease?
Increased funding and access to services for mothers and children result in better healthcare as the increased money leads to better quality medical care for pregnant women and their infants and increased development leads to access to vaccines leading overall to less babies dying so lower IMR.
Increased funding and access to services for mothers and children result in social and cultural changes such as improved health education, access to and usage of infant safety devices such as car seats, more girls going to school therefore having more knowledge of how to care for themselves while pregnant and their infants leads overall to less babies dying so lower IMR.
Increased funding and access to services for mothers and children result in improved environmental factors such as improved sanitation, clean water supplies, removal and ceased usage of toxic materials for heating and cooking, better infectious disease prevention such as malaria prevention or prevention of hygiene related illnesses, and reduced air pollution leads overall to less babies dying so lower IMR.
Increased funding and access to services for mothers and children result in improved diet and nutrition including improved infant and maternal nutrition, encouraged breastfeeding, increased access to prenatal vitamins, increased access and security of food, and better food storage and food safety leads to less babies dying so lower IMR.
As a country develops, how does women's social status change?
As a country develops, there is increased equity and access for women because of increased employment opportunities leading to participation of women in the paid labor force and more access to all levels of education means higher earning potential resulting in more self sufficiency and an improved social status
As a country develops, there is increased equity and access for women because of societal changes such as greater gender equality, less gender favoritism of infants, increased social justice and human rights for women, greater pressure from external countries and cultures and improved social standing because of increased education leading to an improved social status
As a country develops, there is increased equity and access for women because of changes to healthcare such as increased access to healthcare for women, access to contraception and family planning leading to an changed social status resulting from greater education and job opportunities
As a country develops, there is increased equity and access for women because of increased political power and influence through participation due to universal voting rights and increased candidacy for women in political leadership roles as well as increased participation in the economy due to more girls in secondary school leading to an increased age for marriage and motherhood leading to improved social status
Which is a key feature of the new international division of labor?
economic interdependence and globalization have led to the dependence of the core (MDC's) on lower-cost production from the periphery (LDC's) for cheap mass produced goods
improved transportation and communication systems have led to time-space compression as efficiencies and comparative advantage have led to the separation of the production processes to wherever in the world it is cheapest to manufacture which tends to be separate from the area of consumption
globalization focused on establishing a comparative advantage which is advantages to location anywhere in the world in whichever country that combines lower operating costs in labor, taxes, relaxed environmental laws and focused areas of specialization resulting in increased trade opportunities and greater profits for multinational corporations
outsourcing and off-shoring of specialized jobs or manufacturing to companies and international locations in order to achieve a comparative advantage and increase profits all made possible from formal free trade agreements such as NAFTA
Which is an impact of the new international division of labor on the socioeconomic structure of the US?
increased unemployment as the manufacturing that was once done in the US is moved to a different country with cheaper labor, lower taxes, and relaxed environmental laws in order to increase profits and keep prices low
Deindustrialization in areas that once were manufacturing focused (such as Flint Michigan) and the resulting regional unemployment requires reeducation and retraining of the labor force into tertiary/service sector jobs
Deindustrialization in areas that once were manufacturing focused leads to a decrease in membership in and the power of labor unions
increased internal migration within the country as people move from areas of unemployment (Rust Belt) like Flint Michigan to area of employment (Sun Belt) like Orlando Florida
According to Weber's Least Cost Theory, where are ethanol manufacturing/refining plants located?
near the market because it is a bulk gaining industry of refining corn into a alternative fuel source called E90 and E93.
near the raw material of corn likely in the Midwestern part of the US because it is a bulk gaining industry of refining corn into a alternative fuel source called E90 and E93.
near the raw material of corn likely in the Midwestern part of the US because it is a bulk reducing industry of refining corn by extracting oils from the corn and then refining the oil into a alternative fuel source called E90 and E93.
near the raw material of corn likely in the Midwestern part of the US because it is a single market industry of refining corn into a alternative fuel source called E90 and E93.
Foreign owned factories built across the border in Mexico, where products are assembled and sent back to the US, are known as:
Break of Bulk Points
Maquiladoras
Cottage Industries
Right to Work Factories
Maquiladoras are
foreign owned factories located in Mexico
located in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor
are set up near good transportation systems such as railroads and highways because the raw materials needed to produce the products are imported to the factories
are set up near good transportation systems such as railroads and highways because the assembled products are exported back to the US for consumption
Maquiladoras are located
in Mexico in close proximity to the US border
close to major cities and points of entry to the US
near extensive transportation networks such as railroad and highways for easy import and export between the US and Mexico
initially all had to be within 35 miles of the US border
Why has Mexico emerged as an important location in the global system of industrial organization especially to the US markets?
the cheap labor in Mexico allows the multinational corporations who own the manufacturing to make greater profits because of the significant savings in labor costs
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) set up free trade zones allowing multinational companies from the US, Canada and other countries in the world to locate factories in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor, lower taxes, and the relaxed environmental laws all without import or export tariffs (taxes)
Mexico has cheap labor, relaxed environmental laws, and lower taxes that allow MNC's to maximize their profits by lowering operating costs as well as Mexico has a stable government and economy
Mexico is a developing country with cheap labor, relaxed environmental laws, and lower taxes allowing the MNC's to increase profits that is the closest in proximity to the US which is the largest market in the world and there is extensive transportation systems such as railroads and highways in place allowing for the import of raw materials to Mexico tax free and the export of finished products to the US tax free
According to Weber's Least Cost Theory if a factory is making a product that is decreasing in bulk and the most important cost to minimize if transportation, then the optimal location for that factory will be:
Near the Inputs/raw materials
An equal distance from the inputs and the market
Near the Market
No optimal location for this product
According to Weber's Least Cost Theory if a factory is making a product that is increasing in bulk as it is manufactured and the most important cost to minimize is transportation, then the optimal location for that factory will be:
Near the Inputs
An equal distance from the inputs and the market
Near the Market
No optimal location for this product
According to Weber's Least Cost Theory a single market manufacturer (one where there is only 1 market for the manufacturing (high end fashion design in NYC) or one single buyer for the product such as a supplier for a larger manufacturers like the company that makes the windshield for a Boeing 737 plane) and a manufacturer that makes perishable products (those that expire/spoil like fresh fruit and vegetables or have a shelf life like a local newspaper) must locate near:
Near the Inputs/raw materials
An equal distance from the inputs and the market
Near the Market
No optimal location for this product
Laws that prevents unions and workers from negotiating a contract are called:
New International Division of Labor
Outsourcing
Anti Union Laws
Right to Work
The process where corporations turn over production roles outside the company and is often to a different country because of the comparative advantage of cheap labor is known as:
Outsourcing
Fordist Movement
Secondary Sector
Fair Trade
A location where transfer is possible between modes of transportation usually with large quantities of products being broken up and separated on to different modes of transport to be delivered to buyers in different parts
Maquiladoras
Break of Bulk Points
Break of Industry Points
Outsource Points
Which are not one of the major industrial regions of the world?
South America
North-Western Europe such as the UK and Northeast US have what industrial assets?
Skilled labor and Markets especially in high skilled tech industries
Over long distances what mode of transportation is the fastest, but most expensive
As countries develop, why does employment in the primary sector decrease?
Improvements in technology reduce the need for human-based labor as farming, fishing, mining and logging (primary sector activities) switch to machines as a country gains wealth and businesses can form and buy machines.
Shift to industrialization resulting in more machines in the primary sector and more people working in the secondary sector/manufacturing and tertiary sector as more people have more money and there is increased demand for manufactured goods and available services
Off-shoring and outsourcing results in reduced employment opportunities as LDC's are used for primary resources and multinational corporations take over the primary sector
More rural to urban migration as people move from the rural areas where they dis mostly primary sector/subsistence farming and move to cities for more opportunities in manufacturing or service jobs as a country increases its wealth and more and different jobs are available
Which is an impact of the new international division of labor on the socioeconomic structure of developing countries such as Mexico, China, and India?
increased jobs opportunities and wages leads to increased personal and national income that raises societal status and family income
changes in the role and status of women as more women enter the labor force and have paying jobs results in increased income for each household and increased standard of living and decreased population growth as women want to have less kids
increased use of child labor in the manufacturing industry that can mean that some children are discouraged from going for further educaiton
cultural change as there is more Western influence in management and production and a greater need and desire to learn English because it is the world's lingua franca
What factor led to the Eastern North America (Anglo America) being the most important manufacturing center?
The area was the largest market
The area had the most raw materials
The area had the best transportation
The area had the best political system
What was a challenge that Japan had to overcome in order to become a strong industrial producer?
Too many skilled workers
A stable political system
Limited demand for their products
Long distance from the global market and other countries
Of the following, which is the lowest cost over the longest distance internationally?
Train
Truck
Air
Boat
Industrial areas in Mexico, East, and Southeast Asia have become important in recent years due to
situation factors
high transportation cost
site factors especially labor
Access to investments
What are important situation factors when identifying a suitable location for manufacturing?
where the market and consumers are located
where the raw material are located
where the cheap land is
where the company's headquarters is
Why do manufacturers want to use just in time inventory?
it save money on storing inventory
it makes delivery time to customers faster
factories can be smaller
there is more need for storage
In terms of manufacturing, what part of the process would most likely be located in MDC's?
cloth
yarn
tennis shoes
high end women's blouses
What is a true difference between the Fordist and Post Fordist Production periods?
Fordist was workers performed 1 task and Post Fordist was more flexible with workers learning multiple tasks
Post Fordist was workers performed 1 task and Fordist was more flexible with workers learning multiple tasks
Fordist was more successful than the Post Fordist
Most companies still use the Fordist
