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Geography
9th -
12thgrade
APHG Unit 7 (Development, Industrialization, Economic)
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- 1. Multiple Choice1. Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes toavoid skilled laborers.minimize production costs inside the plant.minimize transport costs.identify unique characteristics of a particular industry.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceProducers of automobiles select assembly plant locations primarily for their closer access togovernment subsidies.raw materialswater transportation.labor markets.
- 3. Multiple Choice1. Soda bottling is an example of aperishable industry.labor intensive industry.bulk-gaining industry.communications-oriented industry.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near what?FactoryConsumer ProductsRaw materialsBreak-of-bulk Point
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy are the factories in Mexico close to the border?Where the best resources areThe geography is best thereEasy to ship in and out
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the factories in Mexico called?MariachiMaquiladorasCommercial FactoriesNo factories in Mexico
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAT&T having their call centers stationed in India and China is known as what industry practice?AgglomerationsOutsourcingNAFTASpecial Economic Zones
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA Doctor or Lawyer would be in which economic sector?PrimarySecondaryTertiaryQinary
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe term used for a country with high birth rates, high death rates, little economic growth, and a high population in the primary sector.MDCLDCHDIGNP
- 10. Multiple ChoiceMining and farming are part of which economic sector?PrimarySecondaryTertiaryQuaternary
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat job sector is teaching in?PrimarySecondaryTertiaryNone
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat makes up the human development index?life expectancyper capita incomeeducation level and literacy rateall of the above
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the human development index of a country tell us?the qualify of life in a countrythe quantity of life in a country
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is per capita income?the total amount of money a country makes in a yearthe average amount of money earned by each person in a countrythe amount of capital a person ownsnone of the above
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is life expectancy?the oldest a person is expected to live in a countrythe average number of years a person in a country is expected to live
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich economic measure of development divides the total value of goods and services produced within a country in a given year by its population?GDPGDP per capitaPurchasing Power ParityGINI coefficient
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?Core CountriesNICsSemi-Periphery CountriesPeriphery Countries
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich region of the world has no core countries?North AmericaWestern EuropeOceaniaSub-Saharan Africa
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhere are most core countries located?Western HemisphereEastern HemisphereNorthern HemisphereSouthern Hemisphere
- 20. Multiple ChoiceFarming, mining, fishing, and forestry are all considered to bePrimary Economic ActivitiesSecondary Economic ActivitiesTertiary Economic ActivitiesQuaternary Economic Activities
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a renewable resource?hydroelectricityoilcoalfossil fuel
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhere was the hearth of the Industrial revolution?GermanyUSARussiaEngland
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