Industrialization Test Review

  1. A primary purpose for building the Suez Canal?
  2. Which type of country has less workers in the primary sector? (MDC or LDC)
  3. In France, a person drinks coffee imported from Brazil, works at a computer made in Japan, and uses gasoline from Saudi Arabia in a German automobile. This situation illustrates the concept of-
  4. The United States, Canada, and Mexico are an example of-
  5. How might globalization positively affect the relationships between countries?
  6. ______is the process in which a company hires another company to perform some of its work.
  7. If a company needs to get two projects done, but they only have the time and human resources to complete one, what might they do?
  8. Which is an example of outsourcing?
  9. Countries who are newly industrialized are______.
  10. Which country specializes in technology?
  11. What factors influence where economic activities are located?
  12. A jacket making company moves its headquarters to Hong Kong, building a large factory and hiring cheap labor. This is best described as-
  13. What happens during the “take off stage” of the Modernization Theory?
  14. The Industrial Revolution began in-
  15. The cottage industry system involved manufacturing-
  16. Today, New England’s (Great Britain) most significant industrial asset is its-
  17. Today, the most significant industrial asset of the Western Great Lakes region is its-
  18. In order to become a major industrial power, Japan had to overcome which of the following problems?
  19. The US steel industry moved westward in the 19th century primarily because of better access to-
  20. Situation costs are critical to a firm which wishes to-
  21. Which production is most likely to be located in less developed countries?
  22. Which of the following was NOT an inventor during the Industrial Revolution?
  23. Which statement provides an important reason why countries and regions specialize in their economic activities?
  24. What goal led to the formation of both NAFTA and the European Union?
  25. Countries generally specialize in producing particular goods. What is one result of such specialization?
  26. Large amounts of iron were needed to make steel. This is the reason Pittsburgh became the center of US steel industry. This is an example of-
  27. Technology, communications, and networks are all examples of-
  28. The development of steamship, railroads, and airplanes increased the ______and the ______of trade.
  29. -Europeans sought new markets for their goods.
    -Many Europeans migrated to the cities in search of jobs.
    -European middle class gained political power.

What was the major cause of these changes in Europe?

  1. In recent years, companies from industrialized nations have been building production facilities in Latin American nations. This economic change is mostly due to the region’s-
  2. Since the creation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), member nations have joined together to-
  3. ______location minimizes transportation costs.
  4. ______Theory that previously colonized nations are dependent on their former colonizers.
  5. ______companies will sacrifice transportation costs to obtain cheap labor.
  6. Approximately three-fourths of the world’s industrial production is concentrated in four regions. Which of the following is not one of these four regions?
  7. In recent years, a major success of the European Union (EU) has been the-
  8. Since the Industrial Revolution, factories have moved from cities to-
  9. Which country was the dominant industrial power in the 19th century?