Human Geography (Malinowski), 1st Edition

Chapter 17: Distribution and Transportation

Quiz



1.

In terms of both imports and exports since the 1940s, Africa
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A)has increased.
B)has decreased.
C)has stayed about the same.
D)none of the above.
2.

Comparative advantage in trade
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A)is best used when a country had an absolute numbers advantage in expense for producing a product.
B)adjusts for countries’ trade relatively across a range of goods.
C)both a and b.
D)neither a nor b.
3.

An example of preferences in a country with regard to imports might be
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A)Egypt accepting all kinds of American products.
B)Paraguay exporting as much as it can.
C)Britain trying to flood the world with its inferior automobiles after World War II.
D)South Korea enthusiastically accepting American rock music, but rejecting U.S. beef.
4.

Entrepreneurship involves
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A)the number of new business of the same type entering the market.
B)the amount of money a business has to spend on improvements.
C)the ability of managers to create new businesses and products flexibly.
D)the efficiency measured by the relative output per unit of labor.
5.

Often countries like China, Vietnam, and Indonesia can keep wages low because
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A)labor is available in abundance.
B)their factories are so productive.
C)work ethic is so high.
D)factory managers are so entrepreneurial.
6.

The degree to which direct movement takes place all across a network expresses
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A)trade imbalance.
B)transport surplus.
C)network connectivity.
D)political alliance.
7.

One early transport technology in the U.S. planned or constructed between the Great Lakes and other rivers like the Ohio was
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A)the Interstate Highway system.
B)the national railway.
C)canals.
D)ports.
8.

Interstate Highways involve
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A)limited access.
B)a 41,000 mile network crossing the U.S.
C)funded primarily by the federal government.
D)all of the above.
9.

Regarding smaller farming communities, the combination of better rural transportation and larger and larger farms has
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A)created more theoretical hexagons across U.S. rural space.
B)made theoretical central place hexagons in the U.S. larger with fewer of them.
C)changed the form of the central place to a circle from a hexagon.
D)none of the above.
10.

The rise of e-tailing has recently caused a drop in
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A)sales for traditional booksellers like Barnes & Noble and Borders.
B)the ability for developers to find appropriate 'anchor' stores for malls.
C)the productivity of 'category killer' stores in power centers.
D)Internet book sales.
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