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Which country is almost completely dependent upon imported oil/natural gas?
the United Kingdom
the United States
Russia
Japan
2
Japan’s dominant industrial region is
Kansai
Kitakyushu
Kanto Plain
Toyama
3
When Nigeria, Pakistan & Brazil established post-colonial capitals, they moved away from
areas of ethnic discord
deserts
coastal port areas
swamps
4
Which of the following has the highest per capita GNP?
Japan
The European Union
Canada
The United States
5
Mass production of standardized goods using assembly line techniques is referred to as
mass production
global production
manufacturing
Fordist
6
Subsistence forms of agriculture in peripheral areas produce little in the way of
root crops
protein
foodstuffs
grains
7
"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
8
The type of manufacturing that is more likely to be located in peripheral countries is
high-tech
low-labor needs
labor-intensive
capital-intensive
9
In _____ processes in the commodity chain involve technology, education, R&D, and high wages.
periphery
value-added
core
neo-colonial
10
Fast, flexible production of small lots with outsourcing around the world is referred to as:
Fordist
neocolonialism
globalization
post-Fordist
11
____ give loans to poor people, preferably women, to encourage development of small businesses.
NGOs
microcredit programs
Maquiladoras
structural adjustment loans
12
Which is not a factor in calculating transportation costs?
line costs
route availability
route flexibilty
terminal costs
13
Which Asian nation has a per capita GNP above the world average?
Vietnam
South Korea
China
North Korea
14
Core area agriculture is characterized by
mechanization
higher levels of farmer education
scientific agronomy
all of the above
15
Technopoles can be found in a number of countries. Which is
not
a region where they would be?
East Asia
Africa
Australia
North America
16
The Rust Belt is to the United States as the ___________ is to China.
Kanto Plain
Shanghai Basin
Nanchang Region
Northeast District
17
What did Alfred Weber select as the critical determinant of regional industrial location?
transportation costs
availability of labor
nearby markets
costs of lsabor
18
Hotelling’s theory emphasized the role of
markets
labor
locational interdependence
raw materials
19
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
20
Wallerstein would say that countries being at different stages of development is a function of
resource availability
the friction of distance
their colonial legacy
time
21
Which would be classified as a "just in time" industry
a lumber yard
a call center
a dairy processing plant
a university
22
In peripheral countries it is not unusual for hotels in tourist areas to be owned by
multinational corporations
workers' cooperatives
local or regional governments
local owner operators
23
Which of the following would be the most "footloose" industry?
an auto repair shop
a lawyer's office
a prosthetics manufacturing plant
a brewery
24
A large component of survival in countries with low per capita GNP is
tourism
the informal economy
the sale of resources
foreign aid
25
The principal structuralist alternative to Rostow’s model of economic development is known as
the "takeoff" model
the conservative model
the modernization model
dependency theory
26
Modern ideas of development are related to the
Agricultural Revolution
Boserup Hypothesis
Industrial Revolution
Cold War
27
Rostow’s model, developed in the early 1960s, was based upon the experience of
financial economists
Latin American countries
Western modernization
China
28
The increase in time and cost with distance is referred to as
friction of distance
production costs
distribution costs
distance decay
29
Which of the following would be a "brick and mortar" industry?
a call center
a fast-food restaurant
a bakery
an oil refinery
30
In which major world manufacturing country does industry
not
lie near sources of raw material?
Japan
the United States
India
China
31
GNP measures the total value of goods & services produced by a country. It is standardized by
adjusting for differences in attitude toward “progress.”
measuring the formal as well as informal economy
being calculated in Euros
being calculated on a per capita basis
32
Desertification in Africa is a particular problem as ____ of the continent is arid or semiarid.
25%
50%
67%
33%
33
Over 50% of the goods entering Europe come through two ports in
Germany
The Netherlands
France
Belgium
34
The continuation of economic dependence even after political independence is referred to as
neocolonialism
paleocolonialism
precondition to take-off
dollarization
35
The most important locational factor for the service sector is
energy
labor
market
transportation
36
Mexico has established EPZs with special arrangements for foreign firms. These are known as
gateway cities
Maquiladoras
NAFTA zones
haciendas
37
People working in the ___________ sector have high levels of knowledge or technical skills.
quarternary
tertiary
primary
secondary
38
Weber underestimated the importance of _____ in his theory of Least Cost Theory
agglomeration
transportation
markets
labor
39
Which of the classifications of economic activity
must
locate where the resources are found?
primary
secondary
tertiary
quaternary
40
Rostow would say that countries being at different stages of development is a function of
resource availability
their colonial legacy
the friction of distance
time