Unit 5 Review - Industry and Economic Development

Question 1

What mining region is the most varied, with over 1000 different minerals?

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Ural Mountains

Question 2

Compared to LDCs, MDCs have higher rates of all but which of these educational characteristics:

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percentage of GDP spent on education

Question 3

New U.S. automobile assembly plants have been built in the

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Midwest, to minimize national distribution costs

Question 4

Even though a higher percentage of GDP is spent on education in LDCs,

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LDCs spend less per pupil than MDCs

Question 5

The value of total output of goods and services in a year in a country is its

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gross domestic product

Question 6

Tertiary sector of economy includes all but which of the following?

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construction

Question 7

The North American region is the world's leading provider of all but which of the following

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petroleum

Question 8

In MDCs, employment is increasing in

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the tertiary sector

Question 9

A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near

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break-of-bulk points

Question 10

The major contribution made by the chemical industry to the textile industry was

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bleaching and dying

Question 11

People are more productive in MDCs because they

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have access to more technology

Question 12

All of the following are considered more developed regions EXCEPT

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Southwest Asia and North Africa

Question 13

The Industrial Revolution began in

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Great Britain

Question 14

On a north polar projection, less developed countries appear to be located

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in peripheral locations

Question 15

Canada's most important industrial area is

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the St. Lawrence River Valley and southern Ontario

Question 16

Japan's principle asset for promoting development was

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an abundant supply of labor

Question 17

Which of the following NOT a reason why gender inequality is a challenge to development

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it leads to smaller family sizes

Question 18

The lowest-cost form of transporting goods very long distances is by

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boat

Question 19

Examining the diffusion of Wal-Mart reveals an application of the ____ concept.

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distance-decay

Question 20

In 2008, the per capita GDP in Sudan was about $1,500; this indicates that it is a

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less developed country

Question 21

The value of aproduct minus the costs of raw materials and energy is

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value added

Question 22

The more developed regions include all but which of the following

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Middle East

Question 23

Which of the following is not true?

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The higher country GDP, the more equal is income distributed

Question 24

The large percentage of population involved in agriculture in China indicates that

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most people must produce food for their own survival

Question 25

The major economic asset of the Russian region is

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oil reserves

Question 26

Most significant current asset of Western Great Lakes region:

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access to nation's transportation network

Question 27

Which of these industries is most dependent on low-cost labor?

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textile

Question 28

Population was traditionally low in Southeast Asia because of

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its inhospitable environment

Question 29

Significant site factors include all but which of the following

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transportation

Question 30

The United Kingdom expanded industrial production in the late 20th century

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with high-tech industries to serve European market

Question 31

Tertiary sector jobs involve the

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provision of goods and services

Question 32

The less developed region with the highest percentage of people living in urban areas is

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Latin America

Question 33

Eastern north America was the continent's manufacturing center in part because of

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it had access to the largest markets

Question 34

Western European country has experienced the most rapid manufacturing growth since late 20th c.

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Spain

Question 35

Example of primary sector activity

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mining

Question 36

______ is an example of a secondary sector activity.

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Manufacturing

Question 37

The Industrial Revolution began in

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the late 1700s

Question 38

Compared to MDCs, LDCs have a higher percentage of workers in which sector of the economy?

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primary

Question 39

Per capita GDP is a good indicator of all but which of the following?

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the distribution of wealth within a country

Question 40

Which of the following is one of the four major regions of world industrial production?

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Eastern South America

Question 41

Development refers to

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improvement in material conditions

Question 42

Producers of automobiles select locations primarily because of access to

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markets

Question 43

Processing of computer information is an example of which sector of the economy?

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tertiary

Question 44

Saudi Arabia has successfully employed the international trade alternative primarily because of

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petroleum reserves

Question 45

The difference in per capita GDP between more developed and less developed regions is

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widening

Question 46

The new international division of labor reflects the growing importance of

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outsourcing

Question 47

In LDCs, consumer goods such as telephones, televisions, and motor vehicles are

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familiar to many but owned by relatively few

Question 48

The U.S. steel industry moved westward in the 19th century primarily because of better access

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to iron ore

Question 49

Maintaining control over all phases of a highly complex production process is known as

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vertical integration

Question 50

After the Northeast, the second largest industrial region in the USA is

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Southern California

Question 51

All of the following are principal industrial areas of Western Europe EXCEPT

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Portugal and Western Spain

Question 52

Which of the following is NOT an indicator of a country's level of development:

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crude death rate

Question 53

The most important transportation improvement in the 18th century was the

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canal

Question 54

Comparing the proportion of private spending on health care in the USA to that spent in LDCs

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reveals that they are about the same

Question 55

The cottage industry system involved manufacturing

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in the home

Question 56

The principal benefit of the self-sufficiency approach is to promote

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balanced growth in all economic sectors

Question 57

Southwest Asia and North Africa show promise of becoming more developed primarily because of

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abundant petroleum reserves

Question 58

The Italian Po River Valley has

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cheaper labor compared to other European industrial regions

Question 59

In recent years, countries such as India have

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embraced the international trade model

Question 60

Which of the following did Japan have to overcome in order to become a major industrial power

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distance from consumers

Question 61

Mexico's maquiladora plants have an advantage of proximity to U.S. markets

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are a bit too far from U.S. manufacturing facilities

Question 62

The main source of power for steam engines and blast ovens is produced from

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coal

Unit 5 Review - Industry and Economic Development

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Unit 5 Review - Industry and Economic Development

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