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1
The value of total output of goods and services in a year in a country is its
gross domestic product
value added
productivity index
level of development
2
Which industry is most dependent on low-cost labor?
Electronics
Textile
Steel
Automotive
3
A labor-intensive industry
requires long work hours
requires high skilled workers
has a lot of workers
is highly unionized
4
The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following?
per capita income
population density
annual precipitation rates
petroleum production
5
The principal benefit of the self-sufficiency approach is to promote
Balanced growth of all economic sectors
Global competitiveness for local industries
More efficient resources
Unequal distribution of resources
6
The biggest problem in promoting development through the international trade alternative is
Increased price of petroleum
Increased demand for many goods
Unequal distribution of resources
Regional cooperation
7
Los Angeles receives goods from Asia via boat to be put on trains and trucks in port. This is:
break-of-bulk point
trade alternative partner
entrepot
variable trading point
8
These take advantage of geographic differences in wages, labor laws, taxes, & natural resources
Footloose industries
Transnational corporations
E-businesses
Agglomerations
9
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 work in the primary sector in MDCs
Women are more likely to participate in government in MDCs
Women do not perform labor in MDCs
10
What kind of manufacturing industry is based in homes rather than in factories?
Outsourcing industry
Right to work industry
Break of bulk industry
Cottage industry
11
Which of the following is an example of a footloose industry?
textile manufacturing
ecotourism
fishing industry
call centers
12
Post-Fordist production is characterized by
labor unions
locally-made products
government subsidies
flexible production systems
13
In more developed countries, employment is increasing in:
All three sectors
The secondary sector
The tertiary sector
The primary sector
14
a critique of ___ is they function as a parallel state, funded by foreigners & lack accountably
megacity governments
the United Nations (U.N.)
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
private banks
15
The Gender Empowerment Measure
compares the level of development for women globally
combines economic and political indicators of empowerment
takes the HDI and applies it only to women vs the population
compares levels of indicators for females versus males
16
Businesses primarily factor the following in determining where to locate their business
city size and niche markets
range and threshold
threshold and competition
threshold and population size
17
Which of the following industries will most likely locate closest to its raw materials?
ethanol production
automobile industry
zipper factory
furniture industry
18
Barriers to development include all of the following EXCEPT ___
biologic diversity.
disease.
social conditions.
political corruption.
19
Mexico's
maquiladoras
are examples of
Offshore financial centers
brick-and-mortar businesses
Ancillary activities
export-processing zones
20
Economic activities that increase and thereby benefit from agglomeration are called
ancillary activities
tertiary activities
quinary industries
footloose industries
21
What country has both the largest coal reserves in the world and most of their power from it?
Mexico
United States
Russia
China
22
Pollution, desertification, and tourism might be considered ...
beneficial byproducts of development.
unsustainable development.
beneficial to GDP.
costs of development
23
The Industrial Revolution began
in the 16th Century in Germany
in the 19th Century under Nikola Tesla
in the 18th Century in England
in the 20th Century under Henry Ford
24
Hotelling's theory explains a franchise phenomena in which...
competing businesses avoid opening too close to each other
going into the ice cream business is rarely profitable
competing businesses will purposely locate near each other
businesses try to 'edge' out the competition nearby
25
Situation costs are most critical to a firm that wishes to do what?
Find an ideal climate
Minimize production costs inside the plant
Minimize transportation costs
Avoid collectivization of labor
26
If a good is shipped from A to B by rail & transferred to trucks for delivery to C. Point B is
transportation point
Break-of-bulk point
friction of distance point
secondary market
27
The more developed regions of the world include all of the following EXCEPT
Eastern Europe
Southwest Asia
South Pacific
Western Europe
28
Critics view __has a Western bias & depicts all countries going thru a process at diff. speeds.
the informal economy
Rostow's 5 Stages of Development
the Modernization Theory
the Dependency Theory
29
Significant site factors include all but which of the following?
Labor
Land
Transportation
Capital
30
Firms try to build their production facilities to maximize profits and minimize costs. This is:
Central Place Theory
Locational Interdependence Theory
Least cost theory
Location theory
31
Keeping in mind the core-periphery model, which country best exemplifies the core today?
Brazil
Afghanistan
China
Germany
32
Paper production is a good example of what?
A fixed-cost industry
A bulk-gaining industry
A variable-cost industry
A bulk-reducing industry
33
Rostow's stages of development model predicts each country's economy will progress from
high consumption to ecological sustainability
low output to high input
high levels of pollution to efficient resource use
low per capita income to high per capita income/consumption
34
What do some NGOs offer women in LDCs to promote the development of small business?
cows
free child care
microcredit loans
outsourced jobs in call centers
35
Which region is HDI much lower on average because females can't access education opportunities?
Southwest Asia
Atlantis
Southeast Asia
Central Asia
36
Deindustrialization has had a dramatic impact on which of the following regions?
Cotton Belt
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Sun Belt
37
Niger's economy is mostly limited to
manufacturing industries
primary economic activities
quaternary economic activities
service industries
38
The clustering of financial firms on Wall Street in New York is an example of
Technopoles
Ancillary industry
Agglomeration
Central Place Theory
39
Which of the following is NOT an Asian Tiger?
Hong Kong
China
Singapore
Taiwan
40
An industry that would most likely locate near the source of its market if it were a
Footloose industry
Bulk-gaining industry
Single market manufacturing
Bulk-reducing industry
41
Special economic zones (SEZs) are most common in which country?
China
Russia
Brazil
Japan
