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WorksheetsUnit 6/7 Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 56mins
Squatter settlements near the center of a city can be classified into what sector
Middle Class
Elitist
Disamenity
Socioeconomic
Which model/theory is most useful for describing a settlement node with a function of supporting its hinterland?
Christaller's model of central place
Core-periphery
Von Thunen's model
Rostow's model
Why do many African cities contain multiple commercial districts?
Colonial CBD formed apart from traditional commerce centers
Africans were not allowed to use the CBDs used by Europeans
African urban planning promoted multiple CBDs
One CBD is not enough for Africa’s growing urban population
What is the common characteristic in Latin American cities according to the model?
A spine of high-class housing extended from the city center
Three distinct CBDs: colonial, traditional and market zones
Dominance of the suburbs in urban growth
Favelas or squatter settlements in the interior of the CBDs
According to central-place theory, locations of economic activities are based on
Threshold and range
Resource inputs and markets
Core and periphery
Activity centers
Rules that govern land use in cities are known as
Plats
Site plans
Zoning ordinances
Land contracts
A diverse, walkable, mixed-use neighborhood would most directly be a core goal of
Restrictive zoning
Gentrification
Counter-urbanization
New urbanism
Which statement comparing the use of urban transportation systems is best supported?
People in no country have placed much importance on urban public transportation
Europeans and Asians have placed about the same importance on public transportation as have people in the U.S.
People in the U.S. have placed more importance on urban public transportation than have Europeans and Asians
European and Asian urban transportation systems serve a higher proportion of residents than do systems in the U.S.
The area of a city with a high proportion of services, featuring skyscrapers and multiple transport hubs, is known as the
Commuter zone
Suburban residential zone
Central business district
Commercial spine
What is an edge city?
cities of the ancient world
a community's collection of basic industries
city currently without much population but increasing in size at a fast rate
a large node of office and retail activities on the edge of an urban area
Most important centers of economic power and wealth.
Four Asian Tigers
World Cities
Urban morphology
Primate City
the area or region around or near some place or thing
a city in which an economic transition has occurred from a manufacturing based economy to a service-based economy
the largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second ranking settlement
a model of the internal structure of cities in which social groups are arranged around a collection of nodes of activities
a process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood
Bid-rent theory
Blockbusting
Racial steering
Restrictive covenants
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
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
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
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
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
Legislation and regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland
Smart Growth
NIMBY
Zoning
Redlining
Urban Renewal
Zoning Ordinance
New Urbanism
Gentrification
Enclosure movement
A solution to reduce urban sprawl in a city
redevelop brownfields
Implement mixed-use zoning ordinances
establish urban growth boundaries
Implement transportation oriented development, such as bus lanes
All of these answers
are unplanned developments of crude shelters that often develop around cities.
Shantytowns
Suburbs
Gentrifications
Megacities
Trading with limited or no restrictions...
free trade
import
export
quota
For several decade the UK experienced de-industrialization from the 1970's, but what does de-industrialization mean?
A growth in factories, and manufacturing industries.
An increase in farming and fishing practices.
A decline in the use of factories, manufacturing and associated industries
A rise in quaternary and tertiary sector jobs
Which area is the microfinance system mostly practiced?
Under-populated
Over-populated
Rural
Urban
Core countries are more likely to have _______ jobs while semi-periphery countries are more likely to have ______ jobs.
Primary sector, secondary sector
Tertiary sector, secondary sector
Secondary sector, tertiary sector
Quinary sector, Quaternary sector
Which of the following best explains commodity dependence?
A country's economy depends on resources to maintain their way of life
A country imports over 25% of the commodities they use
A country's economy exports a single raw material or product
A country has a trade deficit with the trade of natural resources
Which of the following explains why countries would trade?
They can maximize their comparative advantage and be more efficient
They can reduce trade deficits and offer more jobs for citizens
Citizens in MDC have more jobs in the primary/secondary sector
Which stage of Walt Rostow's Modernization Model consists of subsistence farming and resistance to technological change?
Traditional
Preconditions to Takeoff
Takeoff
High Mass Consumption
Example of a bulk-reducing industry
Auto manufacturing
Cell phone production
Snack foods
Lumber
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
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