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Development And Industry Hodge Pdge
Test Description: Dev and ind
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1) This area is one of Russia’s oldest manufacturing centers.
A
St. Petersburg
B
Ukraine
C
Urals
D
Volga
2) New York City, like other large urban centers with great ports, is called a break of bulk location because
A
transported cargo can be transferred from one kind of carrier to another
B
markets are readily available for shipped goods.,
C
plentiful labor is available to unload massive cargo ships.
D
transported cargo can be transferred from one kind of carrier to another
3) In the United States, most interstate oil pipelines originate:
A
in the Appalachian Mountains.
B
in Pennsylvania
C
along the Gulf of Mexico in Texas and Louisiana
D
in New Mexico
4) ___________has the title of Special Administrative District, which gives it a great deal of autonomy
A
Shanghai
B
Taiwan
C
Hong Kong
D
Tibet
5) In our diverse world, it is important to remember that ______________________.
A
none of these
B
stereotypes exist because they are true
C
each place is unique
D
genders are equal around the
6) Central to globalization is
A
population growth.
B
cultural convergence of media.
C
trade
D
resource scarcities.
7) Global shipping lanes are the most abundant
A
in the northern hemisphere
B
in Europe and Southwest Asia
C
in the southern hemisphere
D
in the Indian and Atlantic Ocean
8) _________ is an example of time-space compression
A
Community-supported agriculture
B
Horizontal integration
C
Industrial Revolution
D
the Internet
9) When Alfred Weber published his book Theory of the Location of Industries (1909), what did he select as the critical determinant of regional industrial location?
A
labor
B
transportation
C
raw materials
D
agglomeration
10) Which cost of Weber’s has changed the most today since his writing?
A
weight
B
the location of raw materials
C
transportation
D
agglomeration
11) The increase in time and cost with distance is referred to as
A
distance decay
B
friction of distance.
C
distribution costs
D
production costs
12) The Ruhr industrial area is connected to the port of Rotterdam by
A
the Seine.
B
the North Sea.
C
the Rhine
D
railroads
13) Niger's economy is mostly limited to
A
tertiary economic activities
B
secondary economic activities
C
primary economic activities
14) Mexico's maquiladoras are examples of
A
offshore financial centers
B
transnationals
C
brick-and-mortar businesses,
D
export-processing zones
15) _____ take advantage of the geographic differences in wages, labor laws, environmental regulations, taxes, and the distribution of the natural resources by locating various aspects of their production in different countries.
A
conglomerate corporations
B
transnational corporations
C
footloose industries
D
e-business corporations
16) Deindustrialization has had a dramatic impact on which of the following regions
A
Great Plains
B
the Great Lakes
C
Cotton Belt
D
Mississippi River Valley
17) Media’s power as information gatekeepers has been undercut by
A
local tv stations
B
growth of illiteracy
C
microblogs on the internet
D
decline in newspaper sales
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