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Review for Ch. 10, 12, 14
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1
What has created income disparity in the United States?
Blockbusting, Ghettoization, and Racial Steering
Terrorism
Genocides and war
Large dominant corporations
2
All of the following factors are important in locating an industrial activity except
the cost of labor
the market demand for goods
government policies
climate
3
What is the Gender Inequality Index(GII)?
An index used to measure the gender disparity of a country
An index used to measure gender confilict
An index used to compare male's and female's accomplishments
An index that measures the genders of a population
4
Why has fertility decreased worldwide?
Women have decided to pursue professional careers
The diffusion of birth control and education
People think babies are evil
Higher literacy rates
5
Using the graphic, determine the 3 dimensions of the HDI?
Health, income, and access to technology
Education, income, and health
Education, health, and social homogeneity
Size, health, and access to technology
6
What is the HDI(Human Development Index)?
A indicator of economic development
A indicator of overall development
A indicator of governmental development
A indicator of social development
7
What is the average GDP per capita for LDCs?
about $4000
about $2500
about $5000
about $1000
8
Which one of the following statements does not correctly describe commodity chain?
They are located near cheap sources of labor.
They involve several locations around the world.
They usually begin in periphery countries.
They center around periphery markets for finished goods.
9
Countries in which region have the largest debts based on a percentage of the GNI?
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East
Latin America
South Asia
10
Why has access to sanitation increased worldwide?
Creation of new diseases
Creation of new technology
Diffusion of education and technology
Diffusion of disease and healthcare
11
Development prospects are limited in Sub-Saharan Afr because of all but which of the following?
uneven distribution of wealth globally
lack of monsoon rains
capacity of land to produce food
poor leadership
12
Which country possesses the greatest natural gas reserves?
Russia
Germany
US
China
13
Middle East shows promise of becoming more developed primarily because of what characteristic?
desert climate
theocratic influences
abundant petroleum reserves
Islamic religious principles
14
Petroleum reserves in the Middle East are concentrated primarily along the
dispersed throughout the region
primarily in Saudi Arabia
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf states
15
What is the average GDP per capita for MDCs?
about $4000
about $1000
about $40,000
about $27,000
16
The map best shows what concept?
World systems theory
Neocolonialism
Energy consumption
Agglomeration economics
17
The biggest problem in promoting development through the international trade alternative is
dominance of former colonial powers
increased price of petroleum
regional cooperation
unequal distribution of resources
18
The country with the largest oil reserves in the world is
US
China
Saudi Arabia
Russia
19
Neoliberal advocates support all the following policies except
increased government spending
increased privatization
deregulation
fiscal austerity
20
The major asset of the Eastern European region is
development of basic industries
abundant reserves of many raw materials
production of consumer goods.
agricultural productivity
21
Term given to zones in no Mexico with factories supplying manufactured goods to the U.S. market
Barrios
Maquiladora
Favelas
Trafficking zones
22
Development refers to
improvement in material conditions
division of jobs into different sectors
extensive corporate economic structure
value of a product compared to the needed labor
23
In LDCs, consumer goods such as telephones, televisions, and motor vehicles are
essential to rural life
unknown and unfamiliar to most people
owned by a minority of the people
contributing to economic growth
24
What is GDP per capita?
population/GDP
farmers/GDP
GDP/farmers
GDP/population
25
Countries in which region have accumulated the largest debts, numerically?
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America
East Asia
26
What is the political factor of the GEM?
Percentage of women in professional jobs
Percentage of women as chief executive officers
Percentage of women elected to public office
Percentage of women literate
27
Why has infant mortality in LDCs decreased?
Increased availability of doctors in LDCs
Less tribal sacrifices of newborns
The diffusion of better healthcare
The invention of new medicines
28
All of the following enable MDCs to produce materials with a high value added except
animal power
machines
equipment
technology
29
Fifth World countries
are mainly agricultural and resource-based economies
lack a functioning economy and have no formal national govt
are industrialized and have service-based economies
have centrally planned economies
30
To finance development, less developed countries
borrow from commercial banks
rely on unitary government policies
promote self-sufficiency
build new infrastructure projects
31
According to Rostow's development model, the process of development begins when
take-off industries achieve technical advances
workers become more skilled and specialized
an elite group initiates innovative activities
technologies affect agricultural production
32
In terms of today’s global economy, which area would be considered the resource frontier?
Southwest Asia
Eastern South America
Central and Western Europe
East Asia
33
The principal benefit of the self-sufficiency approach is to promote
global competitiveness for local industries
balanced growth of all economic sectors
fair trade regional policies
unequal distribution of resources
34
Which is not part of the Four Asian Dragons?
South Korea
Singapore
Mainland China
Taiwan
35
Under communism, Eastern Europe was characterized by all but which of the following?
favorable balances between population and resources
governments that made the key decisions concerning the econ
investment in heavy industries such as iron and steel
specialization in production of consumer-oriented goods
36
Of the following regions, where is the HDI (Human Development Index) the lowest?
East Asia
South Asia
Middle East
Sub-Saharan Africa
37
The Gini coefficient is used below. The Gini coefficient represents...
Income distribution, to demonstrate where rich people are
The income of an city/the income its peripheral cities
Income distribution, to demonstrate economic inequality
GDP/GII
38
The difference in per capita GDP between the more developed and less developed regions is
widening
remaining constant
incapable of calculating statistically
decreasing
39
The less developed region with the highest percentage of people living in urban areas is
South Asia
the Middle East
Latin America
East Asia
40
What is the Gross Domestic Product?
The value of total output goods and services in a year
The amount of money that a country has
Total goods and services divided by population
The amount of exports in a country
41
The highest level of development within Latin America is found in
northern South America
Caribbean islands
Central America
southern South America
42
The country with the largest coal reserves in the world is
China
US
Brazil
Russia
43
What is the key economic factor of the GEM?
Percentage of women in the military
Percentage of women enrolled in school
Percentage of women in agricultural jobs
Women's income compared to men's income
44
On a north polar projection, less developed countries appear to be located
mostly to the right or to the east
in peripheral locations
in a core region
clustered in an inner ring
45
Which of the following regions is not an economic backwater?
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Upper Great Plains
Lower Mississippi Valley
Sao Paolo, Brazil
46
Self-sufficiency policies have encouraged
dismantling of bureaucracies
elimination of government subsidies
inefficient industries
efficient industries
47
Which of the following nations has the least access to education?
Somalia
Bangladesh
Mexico
Germany
48
Which is not a main factor in creating the HDI?
health expenditure
education
life expectancy
literacy rate
49
The principal asset of the Four Dragons to promote development is
abundant natural resources
China’s growth
low labor costs
Japan's success
50
People are more productive in more developed countries because they
work harder
have access to more technology
are better educated
have a higher value added per person
51
What is the main reason that Western European countries produce high value goods and services?
To pay for importation of raw materials
To provide the leaders with luxury items
To show off they are better than the rest of the world
Higher quality control policies within the European Union
52
What kind(s) of power do LDCs depend on for production of resources?
hydroelectric
solar
human
machine
53
The biggest problem faced by less developed countries in financing development is
inability to repay loans
promoting self-sufficiency
identifying unique economic assets
complicated international trade agreements
54
Which of the following stages is the last stage of Rostow's Model of Development?
Preconditions to takeoff
Drive to Maturity
Age of Mass Consumption
Traditional Society
55
In recent years, countries such as India have
embraced the international trade model
raised taxes on imports
required licenses for importers
embraced the self-sufficiency approach
56
Per capita GDP is a good indicator of all but which of the following?
the spatial distribution of global wealth
core-periphery status
the number of countries below the poverty level
distribution of wealth within a country
57
The UN created the HDI as an indicator of level of dev, combining which of the following?
Income, Literacy, GDP, Birth Rates
Birth Rates, Education, GDP, Life Expectancy
Literacy, Education, GDP, Birth Rates
Income, Literacy, Education, Life Expectancy
58
Wallerstein’s theory dividing the world into core, periphery, and semi-periphery.
Dependency theory
Structuralist theory
Three-tier structure
Special economic zones (SEZ)
59
In 1995, the per capita CDP in Sudan was about $400; this indicates that it is a
petroleum exporting state
country with a high gross domestic product
more developed country
less developed country
60
The cartel shown in the map is the primary group in the world setting oil prices
Oil Producing Exporting Countries
Oil and Petroleum Exporting Companies
Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
61
Where would you find the best healthcare?
South Africa
Switzerland
The US
India
62
Which country has the highest HDI in the world in recent years?
US
UK
Australia
Norway
63
Theory explains why two pizza parlors position themselves in the middle of their customer base?
domino theory
Dependency theory
Locational interdependence theory
World systems theory
