11-1 Review Questions

1) Which of the following is NOT one of the world’s 4 main manufacturing regions? A) Eastern Europe B) Northwestern Europe C) Western North America D) East Asia

2) In Western Europe, what country has 2 of the largest industrial areas? A) Russia B) United Kingdom C) Italy D) Germany

3) Other than Germany, which of the following areas are large industrial zones? A) Northern Italy B) Southern France C) Southeastern Scotland D) Western Ireland

4) In Eastern Europe, what country contains the majority of manufacturing? A) Ukraine B) Poland C) Russia D) Belarus

5) TRUE or FALSE Industry did not arrive in the United States until after it diffused to Western Europe but it grew much faster once it did begin.

6) Which of the following is the location of the US manufacturing belt? A) Northwest B) Southwest C) Northeast D) Southeast

7) TRUE or FALSE New England is the oldest industrial area in the United States and is still a source of inexpensive labor.

8) Which of the following grew because of abundant hydroelectric energy? A) Pittsburgh-Lake Erie Region B) Western Great Lakes C) New England D) Mohawk Valley

9) All of the following are TRUE of East Asia EXCEPT: A) It is isolated from many of the world’s wealthiest markets. B) It has gained in world industrial importance since the end of WWII to the present time. C) Japan has the largest workforce engaged in manufacturing. D) A huge low cost labor force is Asia’s largest asset.

10) TRUE or FALSE Japan has concentrated on developing a skilled labor force since other Asian countries were building industry based on low-cost labor.

11) The difference in per capita GDP between MDC’s and LDC’s is A) zero B) remaining constant C) widening D) decreasing E) cycling up and down

12) Which of the following is NOT a tertiary sector activity? A) manufacturing B) education C) banking D) retailing E) law

13) The LDC region with the highest percentage of people living in urban areas is A) Southeast Asia B) South Asia C) Latin America D) Northern Africa E) East Asia

14) According to Rostow’s Model… A) all activity centers on the market B) development should be based on international trade C) perishables like milk and fruits need to be near the market D) commercial agriculture should be the foundation of a country’s development

15) Which type of agriculture is practiced by the most people worldwide? mixed crop and livestock shifting cultivation pastoral nomadism intensive subsistence Mediterranean agriculture

16) Which of the following locations is least likely to have Mediterranean agriculture? A) California B) Chile C) China D) Australia E) Italy

17) On a north polar projection, more developed countries appear to be located A) in a core region B) spread evently across the land masses C) in peripheral locations D) clustered in an outer ring E) in the southern hemisphere

18) In contrast to the international trade approach, the self-sufficiency approach to development A) identifies appropriate developmental stages. B) results in uneven resource development. C) begins when an elite group initiate innovation D) spreads investment through all sectors of the economy. E) suffers from market stagnation.

19) Von Thunen’s Model A) states that transportation costs have no impact on the location of agriculture. B) is concerned with commercial agriculture only. C) addresses subsistence agriculture but only on the periphery of the market D) proposes that development will occur through agricultural development. E) does not apply to the global market of the world today.

20) What do both subsistence and commerical farmers share? A) lack of arable land B) unavailability of technology C) poor income levels D) need for large labor forces

Are you ready to “weigh-in” with your answers???????

1) Which of the following is NOT one of the world’s 4 main manufacturing regions? A) Eastern Europe B) Northwestern Europe C) Western North America D) East Asia

2) In Western Europe, what country has 2 of the largest industrial areas? A) Russia B) United Kingdom C) Italy D) Germany

3) Other than Germany, which of the following areas are large industrial zones? A) Northern Italy B) Southern France C) Southeastern Scotland D) Western Ireland

4) In Eastern Europe, what country contains the majority of manufacturing? A) Ukraine B) Poland C) Russia D) Belarus

5) TRUE or FALSE Industry did not arrive in the United States until after it diffused to Western Europe but it grew much faster once it did begin. TRUE

6) Which of the following is the location of the US manufacturing belt? A) Northwest B) Southwest C) Northeast D) Southeast What other “belt” is this area known as? The RUST Belt

7) TRUE or FALSE New England is the oldest industrial area in the United States and is still a source of inexpensive labor. FALSE

8) Which of the following grew because of abundant hydroelectric energy? A) Pittsburgh-Lake Erie Region B) Western Great Lakes C) New England D) Mohawk Valley

9) All of the following are TRUE of East Asia EXCEPT: A) It is isolated from many of the world’s markets. B) It has gained in world industrial importance since the end of WWII to the present time. C) Japan has the largest workforce engaged in manufacturing D) A huge low cost labor force is Asia largest asset.

10) TRUE or FALSE Japan has concentrated on developing a skilled labor force since other Asian countries were building industry based on low-cost labor. TRUE

11) The difference in per capita GDP between MDC’s and LDC’s is A) zero B) remaining constant C) widening D) decreasing E) cycling up and down

12) Which of the following is NOT a tertiary sector activity? A) manufacturing B) education C) banking D) retailing E) law

13) The LDC region with the highest percentage of people living in urban areas is A) Southeast Asia B) South Asia C) Latin America D) Northern Africa E) East Asia

14) According to Rostow’s Model… A) all activity centers on the market B) development should be based on international trade C) perishables like milk and fruits need to be near the market D) commercial agriculture should be the foundation of a country’s development

15) Which type of agriculture is practiced by the most people worldwide? mixed crop and livestock shifting cultivation pastoral nomadism intensive subsistence Mediterranean agriculture

16) Which of the following locations is least likely to have Mediterranean agriculture? A) California B) Chile C) China D) Australia E) Italy

17) On a north polar projection, more developed countries appear to be located A) in a core region B) spread evenly across the land masses C) in peripheral locations D) clustered in an outer ring E) in the southern hemisphere

18) In contrast to the international trade approach, the self-sufficiency approach to development A) identifies appropriate developmental stages. B) results in uneven resource development. C) begins when an elite group initiate innovation D) spreads investment through all sectors of the economy. E) suffers from market stagnation.

19) Von Thunen’s Model A) states that transportation costs have no impact on the location of agriculture. B) is concerned with commercial agriculture only. C) addresses subsistence agriculture but only on the periphery of the market D) proposes that development will occur through agricultural development. E) does not apply to the global market of the world today.

20) What do both subsistence and commercial farmers share? A) lack of arable land B) unavailability of technology C) poor income levels D) need for large labor forces

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