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Duplicate of AP Human Geography Unit 6 Review
Duplicate of AP Human Geography Unit 6 Review
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1
The value of total output of goods and services in a year in a country is its
value added
gross domestic product
level of development
productivity index
2
Significant site factors include all but which of the following?
Labor
Transportation
Capital
Land
3
Keeping in mind the core-periphery model, which country best exemplifies the core today?
Germany
Afghanistan
China
Brazil
4
Potato chip production is a good example of what?
A bulk-gaining industry
A variable-cost industry
A bulk-reducing industry
A fixed-cost industry
5
Economic activities that increase and thereby benefit from agglomeration are called
ancillary activities
quinary industries
footloose industries
tertiary activities
6
In terms of the global economy, which area would be considered the world's resource frontier?
Central and Western Europe
Eastern South America
Southwest Asia
East Asia
7
What country has both the largest coal reserves in the world and most of their power from it?
Russia
Mexico
China
United States
8
What is true regarding women in MDCs as opposed to LDCs?
Women are more likely to work in the primary sector in MDCs
Women are more likely to have multiple children in MDCs
Women do not perform labor in MDCs
Women are more likely to participate in government in MDCs
9
Los Angeles receives goods from Asia via boat to be put on trains and trucks in port. This is:
break-of-bulk point
entrepot
trade alternative partner
variable trading point
10
Saudi Arabia has successfully employed the international trade alternative primarily because of
Petroleum reserves
Traditional social customs
Regional cooperation
Consumer spending
11
The Gender Empowerment Measure
compares levels of indicators for females versus males
combines economic and political indicators of empowerment
compares the level of development for women globally
takes the HDI and applies it only to women vs the population
12
Rostow's stages of development model predicts each country's economy will progress from
low per capita income to high per capita income/consumption
low output to high input
high consumption to ecological sustainability
high levels of pollution to efficient resource use
13
Special economic zones (SEZs) are most common in which country?
Japan
China
Brazil
Russia
14
The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following?
population density
petroleum production
annual precipitation rates
per capita income
15
Firms try to build their production facilities to maximize profits and minimize costs. This is:
Theory of agglomeration
Pythagorean theorem
Communist theory
Least cost theory
16
In more developed countries, employment is increasing in:
All three sectors
The primary sector
The secondary sector
The tertiary sector
17
Mexico's
maquiladoras
are examples of
Offshore financial centers
brick-and-mortar businesses
export-processing zones
Ancillary activities
18
The clustering of financial firms on Wall Street in New York is an example of
least-cost theory
ancillary industry
agglomeration
central place theory
19
The more developed regions of the world include all of the following EXCEPT
Eastern Europe
South Pacific
Western Europe
Southwest Asia
20
These take advantage of geographic differences in wages, labor laws, taxes, & natural resources
Agglomerations
Footloose industries
E-businesses
Transnational corporations
21
Which of the following is NOT an Asian Tiger?
Hong Kong
Singapore
Vietnam
Taiwan
22
Deindustrialization has had a dramatic impact on which of the following regions?
Great Plains
Sun Belt
Cotton Belt
Great Lakes
23
The Industrial Revolution began
in the 18th Century in England
in the 20th Century under Henry Ford
in the 16th Century in Germany
in the 19th Century under Nikola Tesla
24
The biggest problem in promoting development through the international trade alternative is
Unequal distribution of resources
Increased demand for many goods
Regional cooperation
Increased price of petroleum
25
Which industry is most dependent on low-cost labor?
Steel
Electronics
Textile
Automotive
26
The principal benefit of the self-sufficiency approach is to promote
Global competitiveness for local industries
Balanced growth of all economic sectors
More efficient resources
Unequal distribution of resources
27
Which is the HDI much lower on average because females can't access educational opportunities?
Atlantis
Southeast Asia
Southwest Asia
Central Asia
28
Situation costs are most critical to a firm that wishes to do what?
Find an ideal climate
Avoid collectivization of labor
Minimize transportation costs
Minimize production costs inside the plant
29
Niger's economy is mostly limited to
manufacturing industries
quaternary economic activities
primary economic activities
service industries
30
What kind of manufacturing industry is based in homes rather than in factories?
Cottage industry
Outsourcing industry
Break of bulk industry
Right to work industry
