Human Geography, Practice Quiz: Chapter 13

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. Economic activities concerned directly with the collection and utilization of natural resources are called ________.

a) primary activities correct incorrect

b) secondary activities correct incorrect

c) tertiary activities correct incorrect

d) quaternary activities correct incorrect

e) None of the above. correct incorrect

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. Secondary activities are ________.

a) economic activities that process, transform, fabricate, or assemble raw materials correct incorrect

b) economic activities that collect and utilize natural resources and raw materials correct incorrect

c) economic activities involving the sale, distribution, and exchange of goods correct incorrect

d) economic activities that handle and process knowledge and information correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. A material index is ________.

a) a measure derived by Weber and used in industrial location theory correct incorrect

b) a measure indicating the least-cost location for an industrial firm correct incorrect

c) a measure which determines whether a firm will be market- or material-oriented correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. The situation in which a single producer sells the entire output of an industrial good or service in a given area is called ________.

a) locational interdependence correct incorrect

b) a spatial monopoly correct incorrect

c) an isotim correct incorrect

d) an isodapane correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. The primary fuel used at the start of the Industrial Revolution is ________.

a) conventional oil correct incorrect

b) oil correct incorrect

c) coal correct incorrect

d) charcoal correct incorrect

e) solar correct incorrect

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. ________ are not one of the technological factors that represent a transition to flexible accumulation.

a) Circulation technologies correct incorrect

b) Transaction technologies correct incorrect

c) Collective technologies correct incorrect

d) Production technologies correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The first transnational corporations arose during ________.

a) Fordism correct incorrect

b) post-Fordism correct incorrect

c) globalization correct incorrect

d) industrial restructuring correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. ________ refers to loss of manufacturing activity and related employment in a traditional manufacturing region in the more developed world.

a) Outsourcing correct incorrect

b) Offshore production correct incorrect

c) Information technologies correct incorrect

d) Reindustrialization correct incorrect

e) Deindustrialization correct incorrect