AP Human Geography Unit 6 Multiple Choice Questions

1) Which of the Chinese industrial areas pictured above was the earliest to develop?

(A) Northeast District

(B) Northern District

(C) Chang District around Nanjing

(D) Chang District around Shanghai

(E) Guangdong District

Northeast District

2) The earliest industrial area identified in #1 centered on the region's

(A) plentiful labor supply

(B) oil deposits

(C) coal and iron deposits

(D) ready access to water transportation

(E) access to consumer markets

Coal and iron deposits

3) The establishment of maquiladoras is an example of the new international division of labor between

(A) laborers and supervisors

(B) North and South American countries

(C) NAFTA member-states and EU member-states

(D) the United States and Mexico

(E) China and Mexico

The United States and Mexico

4) Which of the following pairs of countries are rapidly increasing their share of the world's consumption of energy today?

(A) the United States and Russia

(B) China and India

(C) Japan and the United States

(D) Germany and Britain

(E) Canada and Australia

China and India

Alfed Weber's least cost theory explained location of industries of terms of the three factors of

(A) deglomeration, labor, and locational interdependence

(B) locational interdependence, variable revenue analysis, and transportation

(C) raw materials, transportation, and agglomeration

(D) situation factors, site factors, and locational interdependence

(E) transportation, labor, and agglomeration

Transportation, labor, and agglomeration

6) A country that experiences a process called compressed modernity is most likely to be a

(A) more developed country

(B) democratic country

(C) newly industrializing country

(D) dictatorship

(E) less developed country

Newly industrializing country

7) The main goal of NAFTA gas been to

(A) more closely integrate the economies of Mexico, Canada, and the United States

(B) increase tariffs and trade restrictions between Mexico, Canada, and the United States

(C) make safety regulations for trade more uniform across North America

(D) strengthen the competitiveness of the Mexican economy

(E) restrict immigration across international borders in North America

More closely integrate the economies of Mexico, Canada, and the United States

8) Which of the following types of government would be most likely to be guided by dependency theory in setting public policy?

(A) a conservative government of a newly industrializing country

(B) a left-leaning government of a less developed country

(C) an authoritarian government that wishes to emulate the development of the United States

(D) a right-leaning government of an advanced democracy

(E) a government that wishes to strengthen its country through membership in a supranational organization

A left leaning government of less developed country

9) According to modernization theory, less developed countries can improve their economies by

(A) experimenting with socialism in order to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor

(B) strengthening traditions, especially those that are family-based

(C) forbidding more developed countries from exploiting their resources

(D) nationalizing their major industries

(E) following the paths taken by industrialized nations

Following the paths taken by industrialized nations

10) Which of the following sectors of the economy grows the fastest as a country industrializes?

(A) primary sector

(B) tertiary sector

(C) quaternary sector

(D) secondary sector

(E) retail sector

Secondary sector

11) The primary cause of global warming in recent years has been the

(A) burning of fossil fuels

(B) formation of acid rain

(C) increase in slash and burn agriculture

(D) changes in heat emissions from the sun

(E) melting of polar icecaps

Burning of fossil fuels

12) Which of the following countries has NOT been significantly impacted by the modern trend toward deindustrialization?

(A) United States

(B) Britain

(C) Japan

(D) Egypt

(E) South Korea

Egypt

13) The location decision of a bulk-reducing industry is most likely to be affected by the

(A) cost of labor

(B) close proximity to raw materials

C) close proximity to customers

(D) good access to railroad lines

(E) good access to warm water ports

Close proximity to raw materials

14) Which of the following is negatively correlated with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita?

(A) education levels

(B) literacy rates

(C) infant mortality rates

(D) worker productivity

(E) number of workers in the tertiary sector of the economy

Infant mortality rates

15) Which of the following countries is NOT located in one of the world's primary industrial regions?

(A) Russia

(B) Japan

(C) China

(D) South Korea

(E) Australia

Australia

16) A clustering of hotels and restaurants near airports is BEST explained by the benefits of

(A) agglomeration

(B) deindustrialization

(C) economic development

(D) space-time compression

(E) value added productivity

Agglomeration

17) Which of the following strategies have the "Four Tigers" used most successfully in their economic development?

(A) import-oriented industrialization

(B) deglomeration

(C) the substitution principle

(D) export-oriented industrialization

(E) sustainable development

Export-oriented industrialization

18) According to Rostow's modernization theory, one consequence of the drive to technological maturity is a(n)

(A) re-emphasis of traditional values

(B) unwillingness to experiment with producing goods for profit

(C) shift in emphasis to primary sector activities

(D) narrowing of the gap between the rich and the poor

(E) slowing in the rate of population growth

Slowing in the rate of population growth

19) In contrast to less developed countries, more developed countries have

(A) a larger proportion of workers employed in the primary sector

(B) higher worker productivity

(C) less access to raw materials

(D) less access to nonessential goods

(E) less reliance on industrial agriculture

Higher worker productivity

20) Dependency theory puts primary responsibility for global poverty on

(A) political leadership in less developed countries

(B) lack of productivity of workers in less developed countries

(C) rich nations

(D) powerless international organizations

(E) weak modernization models for less developed countries

Rich nations

21) One impact of the Industrial Revolution on Britain during the 19th century was to

(A) stimulate the growth of seaports in the north

(B) promote a general migration of people from the cities to the suburbs

(C) stimulate the growth of cities at railroad hubs

(D) shift economic power from cities in the north to cities in the south

(E) push farmers out of business by the end of the century

Stimulate the growth of cities at railroad hubs

22) The most important single invention the stimulated the growth of the Industrial Revolution in Britain during the early 19th century was

(A) the steam engine

(B) the spinning jenny

(C) the combustion engine

(D) electricity

(E) the cotton gin

The steam engine

23) In contrast to primary industry, secondary industry is less dependent on

(A) labor supplies

(B) friction of distance

(C) reliability of transportation

(D) agglomeration

(E) location of natural resources

Location of natural resources

24) Both Weber's least cost theory and von Thünen agriculture model are examples of

(A) variable revenue analysis

(B) the substitution principle

(C) modernization theory

(D) location theory

(E) dependency theory

Location theory

25) All of the following are examples of infrastructure that support economic activity EXCEPT

(A) water transportation

(B) inventory of goods

(C) telephone systems

(D) electricity

(E) surface transportation

Inventory goods