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- 1. Multiple Choice
When businesses seem to maximize profit by substituting one factor of production for another
agglomeration economy
outsourcing
the primary sector
just-in-time delivery
the substitution principle
- 2. Multiple Choice
The shift in manufacturing withing the United States to the South can be explained by all of the following traits of the South EXCEPT...
lower wages
increased population
more government regulations
more land available for development
greater accessibility to numerous highways
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which is the best example of a footloose activity?
a steel mill
an auto assembly plant
a unoversity
a real estate office
an aluminum smelter
- 4. Multiple Choice
the potential a job to produce additional jobs
add-on effect
multiplier effect
primary sector
secondary sector
substitution principle
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which person is most likely to work in a front office than a back office?
a customer-service representative who handles phone calls
the chief executive for a large corporation
an assembly worker in the auto industry
an accountant who handles a company's payroll
a writer who works on marketing materials
- 6. Multiple Choice
Silicon Valley in Northern California is famous as the home to many businesses that produce high-tech products or serve high-tech companies. This demonstrates the principle of...?
outsourcing
post-Fordism
market dependence
back office processing
agglomeration economies
- 7. Multiple Choice
Fishing, farming, forestry, and mining are considered part of which economic sector?
Primary
secondary
tertiary
quaternary
quinary
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which reason explains why, according to Weberian analysis, an automobile assemble plant is most likely to be located at an intermediate location approximately at the factory?
Automobiles are a weight-gain industry made of multiple parts.
Cars are expensive to import because of high tariffs.
The weight-loss element of cars requires a location near a resource.
Environmental regulations require cars to be assembled near cities.
Labor costs are usually lower in high population areas.
- 9. Multiple Choice
A set of changes in technology that dramatically increased manufacturing productivity
Imperialism
Industrial Revolution
footloose
front offices
- 10. Multiple Choice
a policy of extending a country's political and economic power
Imperialism
Industrial Revolution
Assemble Line
Multiplier effect
- 11. Multiple Choice
Where an item is moved from worker to worker, with each worker performing the same task repeatedly
Primary
Post-Fordism
Fordism
Assembly Line
- 12. Multiple Choice
A system of mass production involving the assembly line was known as...?
Fordism
Substitution Principle
Least Cost Theory
Tertiary
- 13. Multiple Choice
Where workers can work 24 hours a day without breaks or vacations, and they are trained to to do more than one job; able to rotate among a few different workstations during a day.
Multiplier Effect
Bulk-gaining
Post-Fordism
Bulk-reducing
- 14. Multiple Choice
Manufacturing and building are an example of what?
Secondary
Tertiary
Primary
- 15. Multiple Choice
Marketing, banking, design are an example of what?
Secondary
Primary
Tertiary
- 16. Multiple Choice
This sector includes research and development, business consulting, financial services
Quinary
Quaternary
- 17. Multiple Choice
This sector consists of the highest levels of decision-making, can include top officials in various levels of government and business.
Quaternary
Quinary
- 18. Multiple Choice
Weber's theory is also known as...
Least cost theory
Bid Rent Curve
stages of economic development
World Systems Theory
- 19. Multiple Choice
What country is this?
Bhutan
Mongolia
Uganda
Georgia
- 20. Multiple Choice
What country is this?
Portugal
Ireland
Nigeria
Bolivia
- 21. Multiple Choice
What country is this?
Portugal
Bolivia
Nigeria
New Zealand
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which country is west of Spain?
Portugal
Fiji
Noway
Romania
- 23. Multiple Choice
What country is this?
Fiji
Ireland
Norway
United Kingdom
- 24. Multiple Choice
What country is this?
Fiji
Norway
Sweden
Ireland
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which country is this?
Mongolia
Indonesia
Fiji
New Zealand
- 26. Multiple Choice
What country is this? (Pink)
Mongolia
Bhutan
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
- 27. Multiple Choice
What country is this?
Republic of Georgia
Mongolia
Republic of Ireland
Uganda
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which country is this?
Portugal
Fiji
Republic of Georgia
Romania
- 29. Multiple Choice
What country is this?
Republic of Georgia
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
Uganda
- 30. Multiple Choice
Silicon Valley is an example of a technopole because it
takes its name from the material used to make microchips
demonstrates the concept of agglomeration economies
is a center for developing new ideas that generate growth
has attracted new universities to locate in the region
reuses brownfield sites that were once industrial factories
- 31. Multiple Choice
The EPZ's found in Mexico are known as
free zones
special economic zones
urban enterprise zones
maquiladoras
backwash regions
- 32. Multiple Choice
Which feature is typical of a postindustrial landscape?
A corporate research park
a modern dairy farm
an offshore natural gas well
an aluminum smelter
a large manufacturing area near an urban core
- 33. Multiple Choice
Which is most responsible for deindustrialization in highly developed countries?
easy capital financing available in developing countries
low wages in developing countries
labor shortages in developed countries
the lack of strong unions in developed countries
the shortage of raw materials in developed countries
- 34. Multiple Choice
The main benefit for countries that host Export Processing Zones is that these zones
create thousands of relatively high-paying jobs for their citizens
increase availability of manufactured products for their citizens
attract thousands of foreign workers, which results in millions of extra dollars in tax revenue
increase opportunities for the citizens to work for American companies and to learn English
provide an efficient way to increase imports from the United States
- 35. Multiple Choice
Which statement about the employment of men and women in EPZ's is most clearly supported by the graph above?
Unemployment is probably an acute issue for men in these countries.
Women make up the vast majority of each country's secondary sector for employees.
Men generally prefer to work in quaternary sector positions than in positions found in these EPZ's.
The government of these countries will be more likely to listen to the concerns of women
Resource consumption by women working in EPZ's will surpass that of men in these countries, causing great social change.
- 36. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the darker shaded region in the above map?
Growing prosperity in this region over the past several decades has had a spin-off effect on nearby regions.
Industries in the region have a comparative advantage over the ones in the South and Southwest regions in recent year.
Brownfields are one sign of the economic recovery occurring in the region.
The region is known as the Rust Belt because of the many closed factories in it.
The region has always had a shortage of jobs in the secondary sector.
- 37. Multiple Choice
Which phrase best describes what is shown in the photo?
An industrial landscape
an urban brownfield
an export processing zone (EPZ)
a transnational corporation
a maquiladora
- 38. Multiple Choice
Which country is this?
New Zealand
Fiji
Uganda
Nigeria
- 39. Multiple Choice
Which country is this?
Portugal
Nigeria
Mongolia
Uganda
- 40. Multiple Choice
Which country is this?
New Zealand
Bhutan
Indonesia
Fiji
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