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AP Human Geography - Unit 6 Practice Test|80 Q’s/A’s In the 200 years following the Industrial Revolution, heavy industry was found in all of the following locations EXCEPT

• North America
• Russia
• France
• east Asia
• northern Africa - -e

-Service-based economies are focused on all of the following EXCEPT

• telecommunications
• tourism
• marketing
• sales
• mining - -e

-Export-processing zones are most often located in

• underdeveloped regions of developing nations.
• areas with high tax rates.
• countries with low rates of unemployment.
• regions inaccessible by mass transit.
• residential areas of developed nations. - -a

-Deindustrialization occurred at the national level in Great Britain when heavy industry was moved to locations with

• greater access to major ports.
• lower production costs.
• a more educated population.
• economies more geared toward tertiary

economic activities.

• higher industrial-economic development. - -b

-According to Rostow's stages of development, which of the following is true?

• All countries will eventually pass through each

of the five stages of economic development.

• The colonial legacy will impede a country's

economic growth.

• Foreign investment is a necessary precondition 1 / 3

for economic development in the second stage.

• Countries might not pass through each of the

stages in a linear manner.

• Deindustrialization is accounted for in the fifth

and final stage. - -a -In the core-periphery model of global economic patterns, all of Africa is included in the periphery

EXCEPT

• Zimbabwe.
• Morocco.
• South Africa.
• Liberia.
• Egypt. - -c

-Which of the following groups of American cities is part of the Rust Belt?

• Detroit, Buffalo, and Cleveland
• San Jose, Palo Alto, and Cupertino
• St. Louis, Little Rock, and Oklahoma City
• Atlanta, Augusta, and Knoxville
• Albuquerque, Tucson, and Phoenix - -a

-Mexico's system of maquiladoras is located

• along the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
• on the Baja Peninsula.
• on the Yucatan peninsula.
• along the Mexico-United States border.
• in the areas surrounding Mexico City. - -d

-China leads newly industrialized countries in terms of demographic transition mostly due to

• its one-child policy.
• rapid urbanization.
• advanced infrastructure.
• low labor costs.
• high per capita income. - -a

-Which of the following encourages the input of cash from foreign countries without the export of goods?

• agricultural development
• tourism
• free-trade agreement
• e-commerce
• development of infrastructure - -b 2 / 3

-Offshore financial centers allow companies and individuals to

• avoid high taxes in the countries where they

conduct business.

• spread their wealth to less developed countries.
• take advantage of low labor costs.
• pay lower banking fees.
• do business in second-world countries. - -a

-Which of the following was a trigger for deindustrialization in Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea in the late 1990s?

• The Asian economic crisis
• Withdrawal of foreign investments
• An increase in the cost of labor
• The outsourcing of labor to North America
• A sudden decline in population - -a

-NAFTA allowed for free trade among which of the following?

• North America and South America
• Canada, the United States, and Mexico
• Great Britain, Ireland, and France
• Russia and the former Soviet states
• Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia - -b

-Service and high-tech industry jobs offer all of the following benefits over manufacturing jobs

EXCEPT

• less pollution.
• higher pay.
• safer working conditions.
• higher standard of living.
• shorter workweeks. - -e

-Deglomeration occurs when a location

• experiences a natural disaster.
• does not have a large enough labor force.
• is saturated with businesses offering similar

services.

• experiences a rapid loss of manufacturing

activity.

• sees an increase in large firms moving in. - -c

-According to Immanuel Wallerstein's

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