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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat are footloose industries?Industries that are heavily influenced by their relative location to resources and transportation costs.Industries that only manufacture technology.Industries that can be relocated and not be affected by factors such as transportation, and they don't have to be located near resources.Industries that make shoes.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not a characteristic of a footloose industry?Highly skilled workersSmall final productsLittle to no pollutionDependence on location
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is outsourcing?When a company transfers work to another country to reduce labor cost.When a company transfers work to another country to reduce transportation costWhen a company transfers work to another country to reduce resource costWhen people from the US must move to India in search of jobs
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat are special economic zones?They are a type of economic job sector.They are zones made to make a stronger economy; they are developed through planning.They are zones established to make more open economy; they are developed experimentally.They are nothing like Singapore, Hong Kong, or Guandong
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat are trading blocs?Certain taxes that are placed on specific products from specific companies.A group of neighboring countries that promote trade with each other and erect barriers to limit trade with other blocs.Special associations that deal with the trading of goods.They are nothing like ASEAN, the EU, or NAFTA
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow do price advantages cause International Trade with different countries?Some countries have larger, cheaper work forces, making it ideal for outsourcing and international trade.Associations that rid tariffs from international trade with certain countries allow some products to be cheaper.Different countries produce different items based on access to resources and labor; because of this some items are cheaper in other countries.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope is...Popular cultureDiffusionIndustrializationGlobalization
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat causes the deindustrialization of the core?International trade causes loss of diverse economies through globalization.The increase in tertiary sector jobs.The emergence of brown fieldsEnvironmental laws and regulations in the periphery limit development there
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat are businesses run in the home before the Industrial Revolution called?Cottage BusinessHome IndustryCottage IndustryHome Business
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following inventions was the most revolutionary during the Industrial Revolution?Cotton GinSteam EngineSpinning JennyCanals
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich location model did Alfred Weber make?Least Cost TheoryLocational Interdependence TheoryZone of ProfitabilityCentral Place Theory
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the difference between bulk-gaining and bulk-reducing industries?Bulk-gaining industries are more eco-friendly than bulk-reducing industries.Bulk-gaining industries are closer to the raw materials than bulk-reducing.Bulk-gaining industries lose weight after manufacturing and bulk-reducing industries gain weight.Bulk-gaining industries are closer to the markets than bulk-reducing
- 13. Multiple ChoiceAn approach to resource use and management that meets economic and social needs without compromising the resources for future generations is...AgglomerationSustainable DevelopmentDivision of LaborGrowth Poles
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of economy are growth poles most commonly found in?Developed societiesNewly industrialized societiesPost-industrial societiesPre-industrialized societies
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhere and when did the Industrial Revolution start?England, 1840United States, 1760England, 1760France, 1790
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is significant about microloans?They are willing to loan to womenThey are high-interest loansThey are mostly available in MDCsThey are used solely for industrial purposes
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat cost does the Least Cost Theory NOT focus on minimizing?TransportationMaterialsAgglomerationLabor
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat does NAFTA stand for?North American Federal Trade AgreementNorth American Federal Tax AssociationNorth American Free Trade AgreementNorth American Free Trade Association
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a Maquiladora?A factory made in Mexico run by Mexicans and sold to localsA factory in the U.S. run by foreign companies and exporting its products to the country of that companyA factory in the U.S. run by Americans to be sold to localsA factory in Mexico run by a foreign country and exporting its products to the country of that company
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Break-of-bulk-point?a location where broken up shipments of goods are put together to make a large shipment to be sold to a large companyA location where large shipments of goods are broken up into smaller containers for delivery to local markets.Grouping together of many firms from the same industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of infrastructure and sharing of labor resources.a location where small shipments of goods are sold to large comapanies.
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat does GDP stand for?Gross Developed ProductGlobal Domestic ProductGovernment Domestic ProductGross Domestic Product
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat is agglomeration?Grouping together of many firms from the same industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of infrastructure and sharing of labor resources.A location where large shipments of goods are broken up into smaller containers for delivery to local markets.dividing of many firms from the same industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of infrastructure and sharing of labor resources.grouping of many firms from different industries in a single area for collective or cooperative use of infrastructure and sharing of labor resources.
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the core-periphery model?a model that describes how economic growth affects political growth.A model that describes how economic, political, and cultural power is spatially distributed between dominant core regions.a model with stages of development in a LDC.a model that describes how economic, political, and cultural development is clustered in dominant core regions.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a post-industrial society?The stage of economic development that follows industrializationthe early stages of urbanization within a city.the stage of political development that follows industrialization.the early stage of environmental development that follows industrialization.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat is threshold?how much taxes are in a shanty town.1 how far someone's willing to travel for luxuries.the size of the population required to make provision of services economically feasible.how many people can live in one agricultural area.
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an example of an NIC (Newly Industrialized Country)?ArgentinaMexicoPolandRwanda
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an example of an SEZ (Special Economic Zone)?Southern Brazilnorthern Guatemalawestern IraqChina's mainland
- 28. Multiple ChoiceIndustrialization leads to...DevelopmentUrbanzationSustainabilityHigher GDP per capita
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat stage of Rostow's model would the periphery be in?Stage 3Stage 2Stage 4Stage 5
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not one of the UN Millennium goals?Halve extreme poverty and hungerAchieve universal primary educationHelp strengthen LDC economiesPromote gender equality
- 31. Multiple ChoicePrimary sector jobs are typically found in...MDCsNICsLDCs
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhich economic sector does intangible consumer services fall into?TertiaryPrimaryQuaternarySecondary
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the BRICS countries?Brazil, Rwanda, Iraq, Cuba, and Saudi ArabiaBrazil, Russia, India, China, and South AfricaBangladesh, Romania, Indonesia, Chile, and SyriaBurma, Russia, Israel, Canada, and Sweden
- 34. Multiple ChoiceName the five kinds industrial sectors in order?Primary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary, and secondary.Quinary, quaternary, tertiary, secondary,and primaryPrimary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, and quinary.Quinary, primary, quaternary, secondary, and tertiary.
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an example of an EEC(Exclusive Economic Zone)?YugoslaviaArgentinaIcelandPrussia
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