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Shortened AP Human Geography Unit 6 Review final
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1
Which industry is most dependent on low-cost labor?
Electronics
Automotive
Textile
Steel
2
The Gender Empowerment Measure
compares levels of indicators for females versus males
combines economic and political indicators of empowerment
compares the level of development for women globally
takes the HDI and applies it only to women vs the population
3
What is true regarding women in MDCs as opposed to LDCs?
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
Women are more likely to have multiple children in MDCs
4
Mexico's
maquiladoras
are examples of
Offshore financial centers
export-processing zones
brick-and-mortar businesses
Ancillary activities
5
Significant site factors include all but which of the following?
Labor
Land
Capital
Transportation
6
Keeping in mind the core-periphery model, which country best exemplifies the core today?
Brazil
China
Afghanistan
Germany
7
Firms try to build their production facilities to maximize profits and minimize costs. This is:
Pythagorean theorem
Communist theory
Least cost theory
Theory of agglomeration
8
What kind of manufacturing industry is based in homes rather than in factories?
Right to work industry
Cottage industry
Outsourcing industry
Break of bulk industry
9
The first stage of Rostow's Development Model is:
Take-off
Pre-conditions for Take-off
Age of Mass Consumption
Traditional Society
10
The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following?
petroleum production
per capita income
population density
annual precipitation rates
11
Economic activities that increase and thereby benefit from agglomeration are called
quinary industries
footloose industries
tertiary activities
ancillary activities
12
Deindustrialization has had a dramatic impact on which of the following regions?
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Cotton Belt
Sun Belt
13
Los Angeles receives goods from Asia via boat to be put on trains and trucks in port. This is:
entrepot
trade alternative partner
break-of-bulk point
variable trading point
14
The principal benefit of the self-sufficiency approach is to promote
Balanced growth of all economic sectors
Unequal distribution of resources
Global competitiveness for local industries
More efficient resources
15
Situation costs are most critical to a firm that wishes to do what?
Find an ideal climate
Avoid collectivization of labor
Minimize transportation costs
Minimize production costs inside the plant
16
The portion of the economy concerned with the provision of goods and services
secondary
primary
tertiary
quaternary
17
In more developed countries, employment is increasing in:
All three sectors
The primary sector
The tertiary sector
The secondary sector
18
The Industrial Revolution began
in the 19th Century under Nikola Tesla
in the 18th Century in England
in the 20th Century under Henry Ford
in the 16th Century in Germany
19
The value of total output of goods and services in a year in a country is its
productivity index
gross domestic product
level of development
value added
20
Infrastructure, such a roads & airports are improved in this stage of Rostow's Model
Preconditions for Take-off
Drive to Maturity
Age of Mass Consumption
Take-off
21
Which of the following is NOT part of a country's HDI?
literacy rate
amount of education
life expectancy
total fertility rate
22
Special economic zones (SEZs) are most common in which country?
Japan
Russia
China
Brazil
23
Which of the following is NOT an Asian Tiger?
Taiwan
Vietnam
Singapore
Hong Kong
24
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
25
Niger's economy is mostly limited to
quaternary economic activities
primary economic activities
manufacturing industries
service industries
26
What country has both the largest coal reserves in the world and most of their power from it?
China
United States
Mexico
Russia
27
The clustering of financial firms on Wall Street in New York is an example of
agglomeration
ancillary industry
central place theory
least-cost theory
28
The more developed regions of the world include all of the following EXCEPT
South Pacific
Southwest Asia
North America
Western Europe
