Unit 6 APHG Review Part 1 (1-30)

1. According to the Human Development Index (HDI) which of the following would be considered a social measurement of development?

A) Literacy rate.

B) Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

C) Energy production per capita.

D) Birth rate.

E) Life expectancy.

A

2. Which of the following demographic characteristics of development would not be typical of a less developed country in 2008?

A) Low Crude Birth Rate (CBR).

B) Life expectancy of only 60 years.

C) Natural increase of less than 2%.

D) Twenty-five percent of the population below age 15.

E) High infant mortality rate of 57 deaths per 1000 births.

A

3. The Great Big Tennis Shoe Company makes its shoes with leather from a company in Argentina, the shoelaces and thread come from companies in the United States, and the rubber for the soles from Indonesia. The shoes are assembled in factories in China and the shoes are ultimately sold in Europe and the United States. All of the following factors help explain why this global assembly line process occurs except

A) improvements in data communication.

B) relatively low transportation costs due to containerization.

C) decreasing incomes in the developed regions of the world

D) relatively low labor costs in different regions of the world.

E) the durability of the good being processed.

C

4. Which of the following countries in 2008 has the largest percent of its workforce engaged in the tertiary or service sector?

A) Peru.

B) Nigeria.

C) China.

D) Egypt.

E) Germany.

E

5. A peasant in rural China is most likely employed in which sector of the economy?

A) Primary.

B) Quaternary.

C) Quinary.

D) Secondary.

E) Tertiary.

A

6. Which set of data best describes the overall structure of a highly developed country's workforce in 2008 (% of workforce engaged in each sector)?

A) Primary 75%, secondary 15%, tertiary 10%.

B) Primary 25%, secondary 50%, tertiary 25%.

C) Primary 10%, secondary 30%, tertiary 60%.

D) Primary 50%, secondary 25%, tertiary 25%.

E) Primary 33%, secondary 33%, tertiary 34%.

C

7. On a global scale, in which of the following sectors do most people work?

A) Primary.

B) Secondary.

C) Quaternary.

D) Quinary.

E) Tertiary.

A

8. In the countries of China, Vietnam and India which of the following sectors of the economy is losing the most people?

A) Primary.

B) Secondary.

C) Quaternary.

D) Quinary.

E) Tertiary.

A

9. The largest sector of the economy in Postindustrial countries is

A) primary.

B) secondary.

C) quaternary.

D) quinary.

E) tertiary.

E

10. Which of the following economic sectors is least likely to occur in the core area of a country?

A) Primary.

B) Secondary.

C) Quaternary.

D) Quinary.

E) Tertiary.

A

11. Using a global scale, which of the following regions would not be considered a major manufacturing region during the 20th century?

A) Eastern China.

B) Northeast United States.

C) Western Europe.

D) Southern India.

E) Eastern Europe.

D

12. Which of the following factors does not help explain why steel manufacturing facilities in the United States have increasingly been located in a coastal city location?

A) The decreasing cost of transporting iron ore.

B) Scrap metal is widely available in city locales.

C) A large demand for steel exists in large coastal cities around the world.

D) Cheap sources of iron ore from foreign countries.

E) There is a shortage of iron ore in the interior United States.

E

13. Which of the following factors helps to explain why automobile manufacturing facilities are being built in the Southern United States as opposed to the traditional locations of Michigan and other states in the Midwest?

A) Increasing cost of automobile maintenance.

B) Workers in the South are less likely to join a union.

C) Increasing competition from cars produced in China.

D) The largest population clusters in the US are in the South.

E) Hybrid technology exists in greater supplies in the South than other regions of the US.

B

14. Which of the following cities is the highest order financial center?

A) Singapore.

B) London.

C) Sidney.

D) Lagos.

E) Chicago.

B

15. Which of the following regions is not considered a major agglomeration of high technology development?

A) Northern California.

B) Bangalore, India.

C) Dallas and Austin, Texas.

D) Beijing, China.

E) Athens, Greece.

E

16. Which of the following is not a locational tendency of high tech industries?

A) Proximity to a major university.

B) Access to venture capital and entrepreneurs.

C) Areas with high quality of life reputations.

D) Inner-city, downtown locations close to central business districts.

E) Availability of high quality communication and transportation facilities.

D

17. Which of the following best describes the overall global trend in agriculture?

A) The percent of people working in agriculture is declining and the productivity of farming is decreasing.

B) The percent of people working in agriculture is declining and the productivity of farming is increasing.

C) The percent of people working in agriculture is increasing

D) The percent of people working in agriculture is increasing and productivity of farming is decreasing.

E) The percent of people working in agriculture is increasing and productivity of farming is increasing.

B

18. Many United States high tech companies have been outsourcing many of their technical support and other tertiary jobs to which of the following countries?

A) India

B) China

C) South Africa

D) Saudi Arabia

E) Germany

A

19. Applying the Core-Periphery model, which of the following best describes the classification of South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore?

A) Core.

B) Downward transition.

C) Periphery.

D) Resource frontier.

E) Semi-periphery.

E

20. Which of the following is typically not a characteristic of less developed countries?

A) Extreme disparities in income exist between rich and poor.

B) An increasing percentage of the population living in cities.

C) Large portions of the population engaged in agricultural activity.

D) Large portions of the population are highly skilled and educated.

E) The standard of living has generally been rising.

D

21. Which of the following is an economic system with relatively simple technology on which people produce most or all of the goods to satisfy their family's needs?

A) Capitalist.

B) Mixed.

C) Planned.

D) Subsistence.

E) Market.

D

22. Which of the following regions gets the highest percentage of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from agriculture?

A) Central America.

B) Central Africa.

C) Western Europe.

D) Australia.

E) South America.

B

23. Which of the following regions has the highest concentration of a subsistent economic system?

A) Central America.

B) Central Africa.

C) Western Europe.

D) Australia.

E) South America.

B

24. Which of the following regions accounted for nearly 80% of the industrial output of the early 1800s Industrial Revolution?

A) Western Europe.

B) Eastern China.

C) Unites States.

D) Australia.

E) South America.

A

25. During the 1800s Industrial Revolution, the most important fuel source for manufacturing was

A) oil.

B) coal.

C) nuclear.

D) hydro-electric.

E) solar.

B

26. Which of the following is considered the place of origin of the Industrial Revolution?

A) United Kingdom.

B) France.

C) United States.

D) Belgium.

E) Germany.

A

27. All of the following descriptions explain in part the diffusion of the Industrial Revolution except

A) Hierarchical diffusion - The British Empire spread industrial concepts throughout many world cities and regions.

B) Contagious diffusion - manufacturing ideas and concepts spread from England to nearby European countries.

C) Stimulus diffusion - Many American and European companies modified ideas and concepts from England and created new ways of manufacturing.

D) Reverse hierarchical - manufacturing ideas and concepts from the outlying rural areas of the British Empire spread back to England and stimulated the Industrial Revolution.

E) Diffused to areas with common locational factors including the availability of coal, access to a water port, proximity to a labor supply and available capital.

D

28. Which of the following countries is not a major producer of steel?

A) China.

B) Japan.

C) United States.

D) South Korea.

E) Nigeria.

E

29. Which of the following American cities is not located in a major manufacturing region?

A) New York.

B) Chicago.

C) Atlanta.

D) Seattle.

E) Miami

E

30. Which of the following does not accurately depict the location characteristics of manufacturing in Russia?

A) Generally concentrated in the western portions of Russia.

B) Located along transportation routes, especially railroads.

C) The Ural Mountains vast amount of natural resources both supply and fuel factories with materials necessary to manufacture goods.

D) The vast amount of fast moving rivers and large population create an agglomeration of industries near Lake Baykal.

E) A large manufacturing area is concentrated near Moscow because of its market, transportation connections, and its centrality.

D