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