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Introduction to development and industrialation of countries
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1
The measure of wealth and life enjoyment that a person holds is called
standard of living
cost of living
human development index
life expectancy
2
Which is NOT a core production process?
High wages
High illiteracy
Technology
Research
3
Malaria's endemicity was very high in which of these regions?
Southern Africa
Sub Saharan Africa
East Africa
North Africa
4
Technopoles will not be found in which of these places?
North America
East Asia
Australia
Africa
5
Mexico's system of maquiladoras is located
along the Mexico-United States border
in the areas surrounding Mexico City
along the Baja Peninsula
On the Yucatan Peninsula
6
Barriers to devopment include all of these EXCEPT
social conditions
biologic diversity
political corruption
disease
7
When governments established new post-colonial capitals they moved them away from
Swamps
Areas of ethic discord
Coastal port areas
Deserts
8
In China, special economic zones have been set up to accomodate
Transportation hubs
Industry funded by local investors
Headquarters of foreign corps
Mining in areas with rich resources
9
Which region accounted for 80% of industrial output of the early 1800s Idus. Revolution?
Western Europe
Australia
United States
Eastern China
10
Which does not make up a portion of Colombia's GNP?
Coffee production
Sports franchises
Tourism
Drug trafficking
11
According to the dependency theory, some countries allow a large # of people to live in poverty
to keep labor costs down and bring in new industry
stop rapid population growth and urbanization
create an unskilled labor force to promote industrialization
allow an elite class to contol all economic resources
12
Among the significant recent innovations in bulk transport is the development
Better railroad lines
Container systems
Ore efficient trucks
Pipelines
13
Why are SW Asian states included in high income economies along with Western European countries
They are the oil rich countries
They have few people & money goes farther
They have high technology industry
They have valuable agricultural production
14
Which of the following is not associated with core production processes?
technology
high illiteracy
research and development
high-wage labor
15
Which is the best example of a bulk gaining industry?
Paper production
Iron smelting
Copper mining
Automobile assembly
16
In which of the following regions is life expectancy the lowest?
The Middle East
Central America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Southeast Asia
17
Economic sector for manufacturing
Secondary
Quaternary
Tertiary
Primary
18
Smelting metal is bulk
Losing
Gaining
19
In late 20th century the economic boom on East Asia's Pacific Rim was based on
Labor
Transportation
Infrastructure
Raw materials
20
The Human Development Index is a measure of both economic production and
income disparity
social indicators
population density
income per capita
21
Cell phones and the rise of social networks have led to all of these EXCEPT
political revolutions in countries dominated by despots
a rapid flow of information across the world
equal access to information and technology across the world
rapid development in emerging economies
22
Export processing zones are located in
Areas with high tax rates
Regions inaccessible by mass transit
Underdevelopment regions of developing countries
Countries with low unemployment
23
Pollution, desertification, and tourism might be considered
By products of maquiladoras development
Costs of development
Beneficial byproducts of development
Unsustainable development
24
Microcredit programs have been successful in many places with the exception of
places with high AIDS mortality rates
desert regions
areas with male dominance
tropical regions
25
Measures differences in privileges that men have and women don't
Gender Development Index
Gender Related Development Index
Gender Human Development Index
Gender Empowerment Measure
26
Malaria kills about how many children in the global periphery each month?
15,000
150,000
5,000
100.000
27
Key goals of UN Millennium Declaration include all but
Reduce child mortality
Eradicate extreme poverty
Environmental sustainibility
Eliminate terrorism
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Micro credit programs have been successful in many places except
Desert regions
Areas with male dominance
Places with high AIDS death rates
Tropical regions
29
Subsistence forms of agriculture in peripheral areas produce little in the way
Protein
Root crops
Foodstuffs
Grain crops
30
In Bangladesh ____ give loans to poor women to develop businesses in rural villages
representatives of the Grameen bank
structural adjustment loans
NGOs
Maquiladoras
31
Barriers to development include all the following EXCEPT
Social conditions
Biologic diversity
Political corruption
Disease
32
Most victims of malaria are
the elderly
agricultural workers
children under 5 years
women of childbearing age
33
The new international division of labor reflects the growing importance of
New infrastructure
Access to raw materials
Outsourcing
Just in time inventory
34
Technology, research, education, high wages and development innvolve ______processes.
semiperiphery
value-added
core
periphery
35
Ecotourism is most closely associated with which of these development theories
Neoliberalism
Modernization
Sustainable development
Dependency
36
The gross domestic product per capita is a measure of total goods produced by a country divided
by the gross national product
by the total number of exports
by the total population
by the unemployment rate
37
In China, special economic zones have been set up to accommodate
transportation hubs
industry funded by local investors
headquarters for foreign companies
mining in areas rich in natural resources
38
In peripheral countries it isn't unusual for hotels in tourist areas to be owned by
Regional governments
Multinational corporations
Local owner operators
Worker's cooperatives
39
Pollution, desertification, and tourism might be considered
beneficial byproducts of development
unsustainable development
costs of development
by products of maquiladoras
40
A country might move its capital in order to
Appease ethic minorities
All of these
Create islands of development
Encourage migration
41
Brain drain occurs when
teachers leave education to work in industry
youth leave their home country for education & don't return
workforce is undereducated an only work low-skilled jobs
girls don't have same access to education as boys
42
The word development implies
progress
colonialism
wealth
technology
43
Core area agriculture is characterized by
High levels of farmer education
Mechanization
Use of pesticides and herbicides
All are true
44
The shift of industry to developing countries has resulted in
Industrial decline in US and Europe
Tighter trade restrictions
A more robust economy in US and Europe
Higher unemployment in developing countries
45
Location associated with clustering of similar economic activities
Agglomeration
Complementary trade
Deindustrialization
Deglomeration
46
Key goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration include all but which these
reduce child mortality
eliminate terrorism
eradicate extreme povety and hunger
ensure environmental sustainability
47
Literacy rate, life expectancy, infant mortality rate are used to calculate
Physical Quality of Life Index
Multidimensional Poverty Index
Standard of living
Gross national product
48
Which of these encourages the input of cash from foreign countries without the export of goods
Development of infrastructure
Agriculture
Free trade
Tourism
49
All the following factors are important in locating an industrial activity EXCEPT
Government policies
Cost of labor
Market demand
Climate
50
The human development index is a measure of both social indicators &
Population density
Unemployment rates
Economic production
Income disparity
51
The concept of development is about
being nodes along commodity chains
all of the above
transforming peripheral processes into core processes
redirecting profit from core processes to improve periphery
52
Fast, flexible production of small lots with outsourcing around the world is referred to
Fordist
Colonial production
Socialist
Post-Fordist
53
Niger, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh's economies are mostly limited to
Primary activitie
Services
Quaternary activities
Export-processing
54
Assembly-line production
Bulk gaining
Fordism
Post-fordism
Break of bulk
55
Gov't in core & periphery countries create wealth by focusing well paid Gov't jobs
In capital cities
In port cities
Offshore 3rd world countries
In underdevelopment areas
56
The core-periphery model includes all of Africa in the periphery EXCEPT
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Liberia
Morocco
57
Gross Domestic Product measures only
Informal economy
Production only within a country
Productivity of individuals
Home based output
58
Europe's greatest industrial complex
Ruhr region
Silesia
British Midlands
Po Valley
59
Which of these encouages input of cash from foreign countries without the export of goods?
Development of infrastructure
Free-trade agreements
tourism
Agricultural development
60
Which of these is true about malaria?
it is not a vectored disease
it is being fought with genetically engineered mosquitoes
it is spread by fleas and mosquitoes
it is devastating mostly to South American children
61
NAFTA allowed free trade among which of these?
Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Canada, United States, Mexico
Great Britain, Ireland, France
North America and South America
62
Economic development in some African countries, like Malawi and Zimbabwe, is hampered by
drought
drop in the price of oil
religious intolerance
corrupt governments
63
The idea that some people have more access to and better able to use technology is called
maturity stage of technology
the technology gap
technology transfer process
technology deficiency
64
Which of these is not one of the four tigers?
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Singapore
Vietnam
65
In which major world manufacturing country does industry NOT lie near raw resources
Thailand
Japan
India
US
