Industrialization and Economic Development - AP Human Geography Review

Question 1

The approximation of the total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

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Gross Domestic Product

Question 2

As a country's per capita income increases, its per capita carbon dioxide emissions

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also increase

Question 3

The new international division of labor reflects the growing importance of

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outsourcing.

Question 4

Maintaining control over all phases of a highly complex production process is called

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vertical integration

Question 5

Alfred Weber's least cost theory explained location of industries in terms of which 3 factors?

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transporation, labor, agglomeration

Question 6

The clustering of financial firms on Wallstreet in NYC is an example of

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agglomeration

Question 7

Which of these countries is not located in one of the world's primary industrial regions?

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Australia

Question 8

Industry that can be located anywhere bc transport costs are unimportant (bakery).

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Footloose industry

Question 9

The primary cause of global warming in recent years has been

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the burning of fossil fuels

Question 10

Idea that the core(MDC) exploits periphery (LDC) making the periphery reliant on core

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Dependency Theory

Question 11

Which of the following sectors of the economy grows the fastest as a country industrializes?

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Secondary

Question 12

The establishment of maquiladoras is an example of the new international division of labor btw

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USA and Mexico

Question 13

In contrast to Fordist production, Post-Fordist production is more likely to

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introduce more flexible work rules

Question 14

In contrast to less developed countries, more developed countries have

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higher productivity

Question 15

Rostow's stages of development model predicts a country's economy will progress from

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low per capita incomes to high P.C. incomes & consumption

Question 16

Both Von Thunen's agriculture model and Weber's least cost theory are examples of

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location theory

Question 17

Which pair of countries is rapidly increasing their share of the world's consumption of energy?

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China and India

Question 18

World Systems Theory can be attributed to

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Immanuel Wallerstein

Question 19

The four economic tigers of the East Asia and Southeast Asia include

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Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan

Question 20

Beer bottling is an example of a

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bulk-gaining industry

Question 21

The location decision of a bulk reducing industry is most likely to be affected by the

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close proximity to raw materials

Question 22

Compared to less developed countries, more developed countries have higher rates of

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literacy

Question 23

The most important invention that stimulated economic growth of the industrial revolution

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steam engine

Industrialization and Economic Development - AP Human Geography Review

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Industrialization and Economic Development - AP Human Geography Review

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