Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities, 11th Edition (Fellmann)

Chapter 9: Livelihood and Economy: From Blue Collar to Gold Collar

Quiz

1.		The secondary sector of the economy focuses upon __________.
			A)	raw materials production
			B)	goods production
			C)	material processing
			D)	"A" and "B"
			E)	"B" and "C"
2.		The spatial constraints of the secondary sector of the economy are the same as those of the economy's tertiary and quaternary sectors.
			A)	True
			B)	False
3.		Price is a function of __________.
			A)	supply
			B)	demand
			C)	location
			D)	"A" and "B"
			E)	"B" and "C"
4.		When the price for the supply of a good is equal to the demand for that item, we have a condition of market equilibrium.
			A)	True
			B)	False
5.		According to the principles of location, do spatially fixed costs and spatial variable costs involve input costs or output costs?
			A)	input
			B)	output
6.		An example of industries which have raw material orientation would be __________.
			A)	Florida orange juice concentration and freezing
			B)	California fruit and vegetable canning
			C)	Minnesota iron ore beneficiation
			D)	all of these
7.		The most important factor affecting the location of aluminum manufacturing is __________.
			A)	labor
			B)	raw material
			C)	market
			D)	power
			E)	transportation
8.		A competitive advantage of the newly industrializing countries (NICs) relative to the factors of industrial location is __________.
			A)	labor
			B)	raw materials
			C)	market
			D)	power
			E)	transportation
9.		Which factor of industrial location is more of an unifying theme than the others?
			A)	labor
			B)	raw material
			C)	market
			D)	power
			E)	transportation
10.		Which is the cheapest form of transportation relative to the factors of industrial location?
			A)	air freight
			B)	motor trucks
			C)	railroads
			D)	water
11.		Which of these theories of industrial location is considered the classical model for the placement of manufacturing?
			A)	least-cost theory
			B)	locational interdependence theory
			C)	profit-maximization approaches
			D)	Von Thunen's theory
12.		A place such as Dalton, Georgia, in which 19 of the top 20 carpet makers of the USA were located in 2001, exemplifies agglomeration economies.
			A)	True
			B)	False
13.		Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing is most closely associated with which of the factors of industrial location?
			A)	labor
			B)	transportation
			C)	market
			D)	raw material
			E)	power
14.		The maquiladoras of northern Mexico best illustrate the industrial location principle of __________.
			A)	deglomeration
			B)	agglomeration
			C)	comparative advantage
			D)	Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing
			E)	Flexible production systems
15.		The United States does not benefit from outsourcing by other countries.
			A)	True
			B)	False
16.		Transnational corporations have been able to become global in scale because of __________.
			A)	differential regional labor costs
			B)	newly-available world markets
			C)	improved global communication
			D)	cheaper forms of transportation worldwide
17.		Cultural convergence has been most significant in the pattern of world industrialization that has developed in ___________.
			A)	Eastern Anglo America
			B)	Western and Central Europe
			C)	Eastern Europe
			D)	East Asia
18.		Countries considered NICs include __________.
			A)	Mexico
			B)	Brazil
			C)	China
			D)	all of these
			E)	none of these
19.		One of the three ways that high-tech industries have had an impact on patterns of economic geography is regional and specialized agglomeration.
			A)	True
			B)	False
20.		The sector of the economy which is most closely involved in the creation and sale of services and retailing is the __________.
			A)	primary
			B)	secondary
			C)	tertiary
			D)	quaternary
			E)	quinary
21.		Which part of the world probably is at the highest level of postindustrial status?
			A)	Japan
			B)	European Union
			C)	Canada
			D)	United States
22.		Workers with specialized knowledge, technical skills, communication ability, and administrative competence are categorized as being in which sector of the economy?
			A)	primary
			B)	secondary
			C)	tertiary
			D)	quaternary
			E)	quinary
23.		Tourism is identified best as being in which sector of the economy?
			A)	primary
			B)	secondary
			C)	tertiary
			D)	quaternary
			E)	quinary
24.		The quinary sector of the economy is the category in which one finds workers who are labeled as __________.
			A)	blue collar
			B)	pink collar
			C)	white collar
			D)	gold collar
25.		Which of the following places is known as a financial center where "furtive money" can be stored in order to avoid regulations and taxes?
			A)	Zurich, Switzerland
			B)	Princeton, New Jersey
			C)	Palo Alto, California
			D)	Boston, Massachusetts
26.		Breweries tend to be _______ oriented since water is considered a ubiquitous input; hence ______ is a reason for this orientation of breweries.
			A)	market; perishability
			B)	market; weight gain
			C)	raw material; perishability
			D)	raw material; bulkiness
27.		The spatial margin of profitability
			A)	identifies the one location where profit is maximized.
			B)	locates the point where the firm breaks even.
			C)	is a dot map of the most profitable firms in the region.
			D)	marks the region of satisfying locations for the firm.
28.		Traffic congestion, road deterioration, higher wages paid to maintain current workers are costs that force some firms to look for a new location away from where they once received the benefits from the external economy. These increased costs and search by the firm is a sign of ______.
			A)	agglomeration
			B)	deglomeration
			C)	the multiplier effect
			D)	outsourcing
29.		The transfer of technology from the developed or advanced countries to the developing countries
			A)	created a new international division of labor (NIDL).
			B)	increased the subdivision of manufacturing.
			C)	increased the opportunities for offshoring.
			D)	has led to all of the above.
			E)	has led to none of the above.
30.		The largest (land-wise) industrial area in the Southern hemisphere is
			A)	the Ganges Valley.
			B)	Transvaal.
			C)	Sydney.
			D)	Southeast Brazil.