Deck 7: The Geography of Three Economic Sectors

Question 1

What set of economic activities characterizes the primary sector?

A) manufacturing, construction, and raw material processing
B) agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing
C) retail, services, and finances
D) oil production, banking, and outsourcing

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What set of economic activities characterizes the secondary sector?

A) manufacturing, construction, and raw material processing
B) agriculture, forestry, mining and fishing
C) retail, services, and finances
D) oil production, banking, and outsourcing

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What set of economic activities characterizes the tertiary sector?

A) manufacturing, construction, and raw material processing
B) agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing
C) retail, services, and finances
D) oil production, banking, and outsourcing

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What two sectors tend to be the most important to employment as an economy grows and matures?

A) primary and secondary
B) primary and tertiary
C) secondary and tertiary
D) all are equally important

Question 5

Which wheat belt country is NOT located in the northern hemisphere?

A) Argentina
B) Canada
C) Russia
D) United States

Question 6

According to the text, the primary sector is very much influenced by ________.

A) geography
B) population
C) culture
D) economy

Question 7

What was NOT one of the idealized aspects of the "isolated" city in von Thünen's model?

A) smooth, flat plain
B) land that is consistently fertile
C) homogenous population
D) uniform transportation costs

Question 8

What barriers make it difficult for subsistence smallholders to become commercial farmers?

A) Land and labor
B) Labor and restrictions
C) Capital and technology
D) Capital and labor

Question 9

Which of the following are elements of a global land grab?

A) marginalized peasants and rich landowners
B) uncertain legal status of land rights
C) market for food exports and biofuels
D) all of the above

Question 10

What group is the most vulnerable in the current global land grab?

A) peasant minorities
B) foreign companies
C) peasants
D) governments

Question 11

What is NOT one of the factors involved in the commercialization of agriculture?

A) increased investment in machinery
B) investment-driven decrease in productivity
C) increased investment in biotechnology
D) investment-driven increase in productivity

Question 12

What agricultural input associated with commercialization has wide-reaching impacts on groundwater contamination, negative air quality, and eutrophication from runoff?

A) fertilizers
B) genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
C) pesticides
D) Green Revolution

Question 13

Where did the Green Revolution occur first?

A) Mexico
B) India
C) Philippines
D) Africa

Question 14

What includes the large-scale manufacturing of goods as a major component of an economy?

A) Craft industries
B) Industrial Revolution
C) Mass production
D) Green Revolution

Question 15

The first Kondratieff Cycle, occurring from 1787 to 1845, is associated with textile manufacturing. What country provided the best example?

A) Germany
B) England
C) United States
D) Italy

Question 16

What city is associated with the second Kondratieff Cycle?

A) Pittsburgh
B) Manchester
C) Detroit
D) Silicon Valley

Question 17

What economic activities are associated with the fourth Kondratieff Cycle?

A) Automobile manufacturing
B) Textile manufacturing
C) Steelworks
D) High-tech industries

Question 18

Global shift refers to the redistribution of manufacturing employment from _____.

A) Western Europe to North America
B) Asia to Latin America
C) Latin America to Western Europe
D) North America to Asia

Question 19

In mature economies, there is a shift from _____.

A) agriculture to manufacturing
B) manufacturing to services
C) services to manufacturing
D) agriculture to service

Question 20

What is NOT one the impacts on income distribution that occurs with the shift from a manufacturing-based economy to a service-based economy?

A) Strong manufacturing base allows low-skilled workers to earn relatively good wages.
B) Service economy only provides limited opportunities for low-skilled workers.
C) Range of service employment is sent from the developing to the developed world.
D) Shift away from manufacturing goes occurs with an increase in female employment.