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Critics view __has a Western bias & depicts all countries going thru a process at diff. speeds.
the informal economy
the Dependency Theory
the Modernization Theory
Rostow's 5 Stages of Development
2
Which of the following industries will most likely locate closest to its raw materials?
ethanol production
zipper factory
furniture industry
automobile industry
3
An industry that would most likely locate near the source of its market if it were a
Bulk-gaining industry
Bulk-reducing industry
Footloose industry
Single market manufacturing
4
Which of the following is NOT an Asian Tiger?
Taiwan
Singapore
China
Hong Kong
5
Hotelling's theory explains a franchise phenomena in which...
businesses try to 'edge' out the competition nearby
competing businesses will purposely locate near each other
competing businesses avoid opening too close to each other
going into the ice cream business is rarely profitable
6
Paper production is a good example of what?
A fixed-cost industry
A variable-cost industry
A bulk-reducing industry
A bulk-gaining industry
7
Keeping in mind the core-periphery model, which country best exemplifies the core today?
Brazil
Afghanistan
China
Germany
8
Significant site factors include all but which of the following?
Capital
Transportation
Labor
Land
9
Which region is HDI much lower on average because females can't access education opportunities?
Southeast Asia
Atlantis
Central Asia
Southwest Asia
10
Which of the following is an example of a footloose industry?
fishing industry
textile manufacturing
ecotourism
call centers
11
Niger's economy is mostly limited to
manufacturing industries
quaternary economic activities
service industries
primary economic activities
12
The Gender Empowerment Measure
compares the level of development for women globally
compares levels of indicators for females versus males
combines economic and political indicators of empowerment
takes the HDI and applies it only to women vs the population
13
Special economic zones (SEZs) are most common in which country?
Japan
China
Brazil
Russia
14
Economic activities that increase and thereby benefit from agglomeration are called
footloose industries
tertiary activities
quinary industries
ancillary activities
15
Situation costs are most critical to a firm that wishes to do what?
Find an ideal climate
Minimize transportation costs
Minimize production costs inside the plant
Avoid collectivization of labor
16
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
17
Los Angeles receives goods from Asia via boat to be put on trains and trucks in port. This is:
break-of-bulk point
variable trading point
entrepot
trade alternative partner
18
What country has both the largest coal reserves in the world and most of their power from it?
Russia
China
United States
Mexico
19
A labor-intensive industry
is highly unionized
requires long work hours
has a lot of workers
requires high skilled workers
20
Mexico's
maquiladoras
are examples of
Ancillary activities
export-processing zones
Offshore financial centers
brick-and-mortar businesses
21
In more developed countries, employment is increasing in:
The secondary sector
The primary sector
The tertiary sector
All three sectors
22
Barriers to development include all of the following EXCEPT ___
political corruption.
disease.
biologic diversity.
social conditions.
23
The more developed regions of the world include all of the following EXCEPT
Eastern Europe
Southwest Asia
Western Europe
South Pacific
24
Pollution, desertification, and tourism might be considered ...
beneficial to GDP.
costs of development
beneficial byproducts of development.
unsustainable development.
25
Rostow's stages of development model predicts each country's economy will progress from
low output to high input
high levels of pollution to efficient resource use
high consumption to ecological sustainability
low per capita income to high per capita income/consumption
26
a critique of ___ is they function as a parallel state, funded by foreigners & lack accountably
the United Nations (U.N.)
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
private banks
megacity governments
27
The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following?
population density
annual precipitation rates
petroleum production
per capita income
28
Which industry is most dependent on low-cost labor?
Textile
Electronics
Automotive
Steel
29
The value of total output of goods and services in a year in a country is its
level of development
productivity index
gross domestic product
value added
30
What kind of manufacturing industry is based in homes rather than in factories?
Cottage industry
Right to work industry
Outsourcing industry
Break of bulk industry
31
The clustering of financial firms on Wall Street in New York is an example of
Ancillary industry
Agglomeration
Technopoles
Central Place Theory
32
Deindustrialization has had a dramatic impact on which of the following regions?
Great Plains
Cotton Belt
Sun Belt
Great Lakes
33
Businesses primarily factor the following in determining where to locate their business
threshold and competition
city size and niche markets
threshold and population size
range and threshold
34
The Industrial Revolution began
in the 18th Century in England
in the 16th Century in Germany
in the 20th Century under Henry Ford
in the 19th Century under Nikola Tesla
35
If a good is shipped from A to B by rail & transferred to trucks for delivery to C. Point B is
secondary market
Break-of-bulk point
transportation point
friction of distance point
36
Firms try to build their production facilities to maximize profits and minimize costs. This is:
Central Place Theory
Least cost theory
Location theory
Locational Interdependence Theory
37
These take advantage of geographic differences in wages, labor laws, taxes, & natural resources
Transnational corporations
E-businesses
Footloose industries
Agglomerations
38
The biggest problem in promoting development through the international trade alternative is
Increased price of petroleum
Increased demand for many goods
Regional cooperation
Unequal distribution of resources
39
Post-Fordist production is characterized by
flexible production systems
government subsidies
locally-made products
labor unions
40
What is TRUE regarding women in MDCs as opposed to LDCs?
Women are more likely to have multiple children in MDCs
Women are more likely to participate in government in MDCs
Women are more likely to work in the primary sector in MDCs
Women do not perform labor in MDCs
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What do some NGOs offer women in LDCs to promote the development of small business?
free child care
outsourced jobs in call centers
microcredit loans
cows
