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WorksheetsAP Human Geography Unit 7
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
The United Nations created these to help reduce disparities between developed and developing countries
Sustainability growth ideas
Subsistence Agriculture
Sustainable Development Goals
Sucky Ideas that don't fix much
Which Revolution marks the shift in working with hands to machines for mass production (and profit)?
Neolithic
Industrial
Green
Beatles
Trade Deficit
policy that promotes elimination of trade barriers, such as tariffs and quotas
when imports exceed exports
non-economic negative effects from trade
when exports exceed imports
What is the Human Development Index?
The health of an individual.
A set of statistics or numbers that rank countries by their development.
The country a person lives in,
The number of preventable diseases in a country.
model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich nations
World Systems Theory
Modernization Model
Organic Theory
Dependency Theory
How would you describe a More Developed Country?
Low-income countries characterized by little industry
A country that has a developed economy with advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations
A country that has started to industrialize
How would you describe a newly industrialized country?
A country characterized by large industrial and service sectors with high levels of gross national product
A country that has begun transitioning from primarily agricultural to primarily manufacturing and industrial activity
A country that is characterized by agriculture and they barter instead of use money
How would you describe a Less Developed Country?
A country that has begun transitioning from primarily agricultural to primarily manufacturing
Also known as a developing country, a country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development.
A country characterized by high income per person
What are the 3 statistics that create HDI (Human Development Index)?
GDP per capita
Literacy rate
Life expectancy
all of the above
What is GDP, and what does it stand for?
Gross Domestic Product. Only measures what is produced in the country itself.
Gross National Product. Indicates the value of all goods and services produced by a country over a period of time, whether foreign or domestic.
Gross Nations Produce. All of the food that is grown in a nation
None of the above
The above chart describes examples of which level of economic activity?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
free-trade zones
or areas where goods are sold without trade barriers such as tariffs.
or areas where goods are purchased without trade barriers such as tariffs.
or areas where goods are traded without trade barriers such as tariffs.
or areas where goods are traded without trade barriers such as taxes.
A country that has a High Literacy Rate (greater than about 95%)
More Developed Country
Less Developed Country
Newly Industrialized Country
Image above is an example of
Post-Fordist production
Bulk-gaining industry
Deindustrialization
Bulk-reducing industry
Example of a bulk-reducing industry
Auto manufacturing
Cell phone production
Snack foods
Lumber
Maquiladoras are
US workers that move to other countries for jobs
Mexican factories on the US border that are owned and operated by US companies
Mexican workers who enter the US legally on a work visa
Mexican and American workers who migrate to Canada for higher paying jobs
NAFTA and the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Eliminated many tariffs and trade barriers between the 3 countries
Increased tariffs on Chinese imports
Eliminated trade with the European Union
Banned Maquiladoras
The Gini coefficient measures
Homeownership
Average income
Distribution of wealth
Access to medical care
Which job is considered part of the informal economy in the U.S.?
Teacher
Doctor
Target employee
Babysitter
Alfred Weber's leas cost theory takes into account all of the following EXCEPT
locating markets close to source materials
transportation costs
weight of raw materials
consumer demand for the finished product
Which of the following phrases accurately represents a disadvantage of LDC's as they seek to industrialize?
LDC's are too distant from labor sources
LDC's lack raw materials necessary for industrialization such as coal and iron ore
Demand in MDC's is stagnant
LDC's lack proper infrastructural development to support industrialization on a large scale.
Computer technical support jobs are increasingly being outsourced to India, because of improvements in telecommunications technology. Which term best exemplifies that trend?
space-time compression
agglomeration
absolute distance
multiplier effect
Based on Wallerstein's world systems theory, which of the following countries best fits the description of a peripheral country?
Brazil
Mali
Japan
Germany
According to Rostaow's stages of development, which of the following
all countries will eventually pass through each of the five stage stages of economic development
the colonial legacy will impede a country's economic growth
countries might not pass through each of the stages in a linear manner,
deindustrialization is accounted fro in the fifth and final stage.
An example of a product made by a bulk-reducing industry is:
potato chips.
milk.
automobiles.
homes.
textiles.
Shopping malls are an example of:
urbanization.
deglomeration.
agglomeration.
cumulative causation.
gentrification.
Which is the BEST example of a footloose activity?
a steel mill
an auto assembly plant
a software engineering firm
a real estate office
an aluminum smelter
Silicon Valley in Northern California is famous as the home of many businesses that produce high-tech products or provide services to high-tech companies. This demonstrates the principle of:
outsourcing.
post-Fordism.
market dependence.
back office processing.
agglomeration economies.
A factory process transforming raw corn into processed baby food falls into which economic sector?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quarternary
It is generally agreed that the current trend in climate change is caused by
sea level rise
increased use of fossil fuels
reduction in biodiversity
tilt of the earths axis
The Maquiladoras of northern Mexico are
manufacturing outsourcing plants
border squatter settlements
commercial produce farms
illegal migrant camps
A clustering of doctor's offices and pharmacies near hospitals is BEST explained by the benefits of
enfranchisement
Decentralization
Agglomeration
intervening opportunity
Which of the following can be categorized as a primary activity?
engineering
coal mining
teaching
car manufacturing
