AP Huge Review

Which of the following is the example of microcredit?...

a) A loan to a poor family to buy food

b) A loan to an unemployed woman to buy a washing machine for a laundry business

c) A second-home mortgage for a poor family

d) A loan to an unemployed woman to buy new pews for her church

e) A loan to an unemployed woman to pay off a credit card debt

b) A loan to an unemployed woman to buy a washing machine for a laundry business

If you are employed in a medical research center that specializes in developing new cancer treatments, you are part of the workforce of the...

a) primary sector

b) secondary sector

c) tertiary sector

d) quaternary sector

e) quinary sector

D) Quarternary Sector

If your country has a primary-secondary-tertiary sector workforce mix of 10-20-70 percent, it would likely be considered a...

a) manufacturing center

b) core state

c) peripheral state

d) semi-peripheral state

e) extractive economy

B) Core State

The core-periphery model...

a) can be applied at multiple spatial scales

b) illustrates a common spatial relationship

c) demonstrates the role of labor in production

d) ignores geographically uneven development

e) has been disproven

A) Can be applied at multiple spatial scales

If you need to account for direct foreign investment when comparing national economies, you would use...

a) GNP

b) GDP

c) GDP per capita

d) GNI

e) GII

D) GNI (Gross National Income)

Which of the following does world systems theory fail to explain?

a) Persistent underdevelopment

b) Geographically uneven development

c) Subnational patterns of uneven development

d) The historical roots of uneven development

e) The role of imperialism in underdevelopment

C) Subnational patterns of uneven development

Which of the following descriptions of national exports best illustrates commodity independence?

a) Cotton and coal account for 75 percent of exports

b) Oil accounts for 10 percent and manufacturing for 90 percent of exports

c) Wheat accounts for 45 percent, manufacturing for 25 percent, and services for 30 percent of exports

d) Manufacturing accounts for 25 percent and services for 75% of exports

e) None of the above illustrates commodity dependence

D) Manufacturing accounts for 25% and services for 75% of exports

Dependency theorists explain global inequality and global stratification by focusing on the way that

a) Rostow's stages of economic growth

b) commodity dependence

c) world system's theory

d) the Human Development Index

e) least-cost-theory

B) Commodity dependence

The Gender Inequality Index does not include measures of...

a) adolescent birth rates

b) proportion of females with some secondary education

c) female participation in local government

d) female participation in labor force

e) proportion of national parliamentary seats held by females

C) Female participation in government

If a developing country's GDP per capita is increasing over time, we would expect...

a) an increased fertility rate

b) a decrease in the average age of girls at marriage

c) an increase in adolescent childbearing

d) an increased rate of girls' completion of secondary school

e) a decrease in female education levels

d) an increased rate of girls' completion of secondary school

Jobs coded as "men's work" and "women's work"...

a) are identical in developed economies

b) receive about the same wages

c) differ from country to country

d) are based in gender differences in physical abilities

e) tend to remain stable over time

c) differ from country to country

In countries with high GDPs per capita, women's rate of participation in the workforce tends to...

a) be low

b) fluctuate greatly year to year

c) be similar to countries with low GDPs per capita

d) be similar to countries with midrange GDPs per capita

e) be in the informal sector

d) be similar to countries with midrange GDPs per capita

The percentage of women employed in agriculture tends to be...

a) highest in countries with low GDPs per capita

b) highest in countries with industrialized farming systems

c) quite low worldwide

d) lowest in countries with low GDPs per capita

e) highest in countries with high GDPs per capita

a) highest in countries with low GDPs per capita

If a country can produce home appliances three times more efficiently than it can produce any other good, its position in international trade is based on

a) absolute advantage

b) competitive advantage

c) comparative advantage

d) complementarity advantage

e) protectionism

a) absolute advantage

Which of the following trends is illustrated by the global financial crisis of 2007-2008?

a) Rising global GDP

b) Increasing prtectionism

c) The growth of regional trade agreements

d) Financialization of the world economy

e) Increased regulation of financial institutions

d) Financialization of the world economy

Tariffs are considered trade barrier because they...

a) increase the costs of imports

b) encourage import substitution industrialization

c) inhibit investment

d) favor developing economies

e) none of the above

a) increase the costs of imports

Which of the following would not be considered a neoliberal policy?

a) Removal of tariffs

b) Government ownership of railroads

c) Privatization of public utilities

d) Creating a free trade agreement

e) Reducing government regulation of banks

b) Government ownership of railroads

When one or more countries cannot meet their external loan repayment schedule, it is known as...

a) bankruptcy

b) underdevelopment

c) a debt crisis

d) financial capital

e) a trade barrier

c) a debt crisis

Industrial agriculture is associated with which form of resource depletion?

a) Aquifer depletion

b) Copper depletion

c) Mineral depletion

d) Point source pollution

e) Iron ore depletion

a) Aquifer depletion

If a company chooses to achieve carbon neutrality through carbon removal elsewhere, it means it is most likely...

a) scrubbing carbon from its smokestacks

b) burning less fossil fuel

c) using carbon offsets

d) using solar energy

e) using cogeneration

c) using carbon offsets

Why does ecotourism often fall short of the ideal of environmental sustainability?

a) It depletes local resources

b) Jobs are scarce

c) It usually requires travel by passenger jet

d) It does not fund conservation

e) It disturbs wildlife

e) It disturbs wildlife

Which of the following would not be considered important to ecotourism?

a) Scenic overlooks

b) Forest conservation

c) Environmental education

d) Profit sharing with local communities

e) The use of solar power

a) Scenic overlooks

The United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals are most notable for...

a) measuring gender inequality

b) identifying the causes of poverty

c) requiring compliance of all countries

d) their more holistic understanding of development

e) identifying the sources of carbon dioxide

d) their more holistic understanding of development