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1
Which of the following would be a "brick and mortar" industry?
an oil refinery
a fast-food restaurant
a bakery
a call center
2
When Nigeria, Pakistan & Brazil established post-colonial capitals, they moved away from
areas of ethnic discord
deserts
coastal port areas
swamps
3
Weber underestimated the importance of _____ in his theory of Least Cost Theory
labor
markets
transportation
agglomeration
4
The principal structuralist alternative to Rostow’s model of economic development is known as
dependency theory
the "takeoff" model
the conservative model
the modernization model
5
Desertification in Africa is a particular problem as ____ of the continent is arid or semiarid.
67%
33%
50%
25%
6
The Rust Belt is to the United States as the ___________ is to China.
Northeast District
Nanchang Region
Kanto Plain
Shanghai Basin
7
Which country is almost completely dependent upon imported oil/natural gas?
the United Kingdom
Japan
Russia
the United States
8
Japan’s dominant industrial region is
Kanto Plain
Toyama
Kitakyushu
Kansai
9
In _____ processes in the commodity chain involve technology, education, R&D, and high wages.
value-added
neo-colonial
periphery
core
10
Which would be classified as a "just in time" industry
a call center
a dairy processing plant
a university
a lumber yard
11
Technopoles can be found in a number of countries. Which is
not
a region where they would be?
East Asia
North America
Australia
Africa
12
The increase in time and cost with distance is referred to as
distance decay
production costs
friction of distance
distribution costs
13
Which of the classifications of economic activity
must
locate where the resources are found?
secondary
tertiary
primary
quaternary
14
In peripheral countries it is not unusual for hotels in tourist areas to be owned by
local or regional governments
multinational corporations
local owner operators
workers' cooperatives
15
A large component of survival in countries with low per capita GNP is
the sale of resources
the informal economy
tourism
foreign aid
16
Subsistence forms of agriculture in peripheral areas produce little in the way of
protein
grains
root crops
foodstuffs
17
Rostow’s model, developed in the early 1960s, was based upon the experience of
Western modernization
financial economists
Latin American countries
China
18
In which major world manufacturing country does industry
not
lie near sources of raw material?
Japan
China
the United States
India
19
Which of the following would be the most "footloose" industry?
a prosthetics manufacturing plant
a brewery
a lawyer's office
an auto repair shop
20
GNP measures the total value of goods & services produced by a country. It is standardized by
measuring the formal as well as informal economy
being calculated in Euros
adjusting for differences in attitude toward “progress.”
being calculated on a per capita basis
21
Core area agriculture is characterized by
all of the above
mechanization
scientific agronomy
higher levels of farmer education
22
Which is not a factor in calculating transportation costs?
terminal costs
route flexibilty
line costs
route availability
23
Modern ideas of development are related to the
Cold War
Boserup Hypothesis
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
24
Over 50% of the goods entering Europe come through two ports in
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Belgium
25
The continuation of economic dependence even after political independence is referred to as
neocolonialism
precondition to take-off
dollarization
paleocolonialism
26
Which of the following has the highest per capita GNP?
Japan
The European Union
Canada
The United States
27
The most important locational factor for the service sector is
labor
energy
transportation
market
28
Wallerstein would say that countries being at different stages of development is a function of
their colonial legacy
the friction of distance
resource availability
time
29
"Silicon Valley" is the best known technopole. A similar cluster of high-tech industry
is centered around Philadelphia
is located around Boston
exists near New York City
is found in Washington DC
30
____ give loans to poor people, preferably women, to encourage development of small businesses.
Maquiladoras
structural adjustment loans
microcredit programs
NGOs
31
People working in the ___________ sector have high levels of knowledge or technical skills.
secondary
tertiary
quarternary
primary
32
The type of manufacturing that is more likely to be located in peripheral countries is
labor-intensive
high-tech
low-labor needs
capital-intensive
33
Which Asian nation has a per capita GNP above the world average?
North Korea
China
Vietnam
South Korea
34
Mass production of standardized goods using assembly line techniques is referred to as
global production
mass production
manufacturing
Fordist
35
What did Alfred Weber select as the critical determinant of regional industrial location?
costs of lsabor
nearby markets
availability of labor
transportation costs
36
Fast, flexible production of small lots with outsourcing around the world is referred to as:
post-Fordist
Fordist
neocolonialism
globalization
37
Hotelling’s theory emphasized the role of
markets
locational interdependence
raw materials
labor
38
Mexico has established EPZs with special arrangements for foreign firms. These are known as
gateway cities
NAFTA zones
Maquiladoras
haciendas
39
Rostow would say that countries being at different stages of development is a function of
the friction of distance
time
resource availability
their colonial legacy
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If a number of enterprises all develop in, or move to, the same area the factor is called
a cluster
a focus group
agglomeration
ancillary activity