Unit 6 & 7

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 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

In the core-periphery model of global economic patterns, all of Africa is included in the periphery EXCEPT

• Zimbabwe

• Morocco

• South Africa

• Liberia

• Egypt

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

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

• A more educated populations

• Lower productions costs

• Greater access to major ports

• Economies more geared toward tertiary economic activities

• Higher industrial-economic development

NAFTA allowed for free trade among which of the following?

• Canada, the United States, and Mexico

• North America and South America

• Russia, and the former Soviet states

• Great Britain, Ireland, and France

• Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia

The Human Development Index is a measure of both economic production and

• Social indicators

• Population density

• Unemployment rates

• Income per capita

• Income disparity

Which of the following is an example of quaternary economic activity?

• Entertainment

• Oil production

• Research and development

• Agriculture

• Transportation

An edge city could have nay of the following EXCECPT

• Being commonly perceived as single place

• More jobs than bedrooms

• 500,000 square feet of retail area

• 500,000 sequare feet of office area

• being urban for 30 years or more

A crucial part of Christaller’s central place theory is the fact that goods and services vary in range and

• quantity

• access

• threshold

• quality

• spatial distribution

If you commuted to work by automobile every day in the city, in which zone of Burgess’s concentric zone model would you be most likely to live?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5