WorksheetsUnit 7 Review!
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Environmental laws, labor availability, and access to markets are major factors affecting which of the following?
Political affiliation
GDP
Transportation costs
Manufacturing locations
Which of the following best describes Alfred Weber's analysis of location decisions?
It seeks to evaluate the impact of a single factor of production on location.
It seeks to minimize cost among multiple inputs of production.
It is applicable only in postindustrial economies.
It depends on the availability of a single node, link, and input of production
Which statement correctly explains why Los Angeles is a break-of-bulk point?
The robotic systems at the port result in fewer workers being required to unload ships.
Goods can be transferred to other container ships going to the Port of San Francisco.
The port can accommodate large container ships that can be unloaded quickly onto carriers that use the highways.
Los Angeles is on the Pacific Ocean allowing for more trade with countries in Asia.
The high-tech firms of Silicon Valley are clustered together to take advantage of
cheap labor
access to markets
high-speed transportation
agglomeration effects
Political geographers consider which of the following as the core area of the United States?
The Los Angeles-San Francisco area
The New York-Washington DC area
The Chicago-Detroit area
The Buffalo-Cleveland area
The popularity of which of the following is an example of the trend towards ecotourism?
Time-share condominiums on the coast of Spain
Ski resorts in Chili
National parks in Costa Rica
Recreational canals in Florida
Which of the following statements best explains a limitation of the political map shown in conveying economic information?
In the context of currency, the borders between the member states are irrelevant
In the context of free trade, the borders between the member states are irrelevant
In terms of consumer prices, there are no variations in price amounts across the borders of member states
In terms of manufacturing, there are no variations in production costs across the borders of member states
Economic activities that involve the extraction of natural resources are called
Subsistence activities
Organic activities
Secondary economic activities
Primary economic activities
True or False: the service sector is the fastest growing sector in the US since the mid-1970s.
True
False
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the data shown in the table?
Large number of women in the Spanish legislature, but few have been elected in Kuwait.
Spain and Kuwait are countries that have similar economic and social development.
Spain and Kuwait are countries that have very different levels of economic development.
There is no close correlation between the two statistics displayed on the chart.
Which of the following industries will most likely locate closest to its raw material sources?
Soft-drink bottling
Brewing
Nickel smelting
Automobile assembly
Which of the following is an advantage for Japanese corporations that located their manufacturing plants in the US?
Freedom from Japan's overprotected distribution networks
A wider variety of climate conditions in the US
Less competition in the US than most other countries
Lower transportation costs and greater access to markets
Maquiladoras are
manufacturing outsourcing plants
border squatter settlements
organic agricultural cooperatives
commercial produce farms
Outsourced industrial production in less-developed countries often relies on female labor because
men are engaged in agriculture
wage rates for women are much lower
women are more skilled at operating machinery
social taboos prevent women from working in the service sector
Rostow's modernization model is concerned with which concept?
Dependency
Core-periphery relations
Economic development
Neocolonialism
The classic model of industrial location theory suggest that the primary consideration in the location of an industrial site is?
The cost to produce the product
The cost of raw materials
The cost of transportation
The location of the market
