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Duplicate of Industry, Urban & Etc. Review
Duplicate of Industry, Urban & Etc. Review
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End of year review of Industry, economic concepts as well as environmental & cultural.
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1
Quaternary economic activities are those that
involve the collection, processing of information
transform raw materials into finished products
extract resrouces from the environment
involve the production of fresh produce for urban areas
2
Political geographers consider which of the following as the core area of the U.S.?
Chicago-Detroit area
New York-Washington, D.C.
Buffalo-Cleveland area
Los Angeles to San Francisco
3
Of the following, which is the best example of a footloose industry?
wine making
steel
computer chip
furniture
4
Clustering of doctor's offices & pharmacies near hospitals is best explained by the benefits of
intervening opportunity
balkanization
agglomeration
decentralization
5
Which environmental problem is linked to CFC's in spray cans, refrigerators and foams?
Ozone depletion
The greenhouse effect
Smog accumulation
Acid rain
6
Cultural Ecology studies the
relationship between politics and policy
relationship between media and diffusion
interactions between places across space
interaction between human societies and physical environment
7
International company headquarters and significant global financial functions are in
forward capitals
world cities
primate cities
entrepots
8
Which of the following environmental problems is most associated with the African Sahel?
deforestation
desertification
air pollution
flooding
9
Reason for the concentration of copper smelters, refineries and foundries close to copper mines
it's a bulk-gaining industry
it's dependent on dry climate conditions
it's a bulk-reducing industry
it is attracted to low-cost migrant labor
10
Which of the following consumes the most fossil fuels per capita?
United States
Japan
India
China
11
In the new global economy an increasing proportion of big financial decisions are being made in
in the field, close to agricultural production
the informal sector
in national capitals (nation-state importance)
major corporate centers such as NY, London, Tokyo
12
Country that the U.S. helped create in the early 20th C in order to facilitate oceanic trade
Venezuela
Columbia
Panama
Nicaragua
13
Which of the following is positively correlated with gross domestic product (GDP) per capita?
rice production per capita
rate of natural increase
carbon dioxide emission per capita
infant mortality rate
14
The "Four Economic Tigers" of East and SE Asia include
Jakarta, S. Korea, Japan and Singapore
China, Phillipines, Singapore, Taiwan
China, Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan
Hong Kong, S. Korea, Singapore and Taiwan
15
The ability of a resource base to sustain a population is known as
carrying capacity
support ratio
subsistence limit
basic employment
16
The popularity of which of the following is an example of the trend towards eco-tourism?
Time-share condos on the Italian coast
Ski resorts in Colorado
Fair-trade coffee tours in Ecuador
Canals in Great Brtain
17
The maquiladoras of northern Mexico are
border squatter settlements
illegal migrant-labor camps
manufacturing outsourcing plants
organic agricultural cooperatives
18
Today most of the United States and Canadian population lives
in farming areas
in rural non-farming areas
in central cities
in metropolitan areas
19
The internet is reshaping traditional economic arrangements by
reinforcing the dominance of the CBD
expanding the importance of express package delivery systems
creating more enclosed shopping malls
making rail more important than truck transportation
20
Most Latin American cities are focused on a
central plaza
squatter settlement
government housing project
zone of heavy industry
