Bricks end of the year 3

What is the correct description of the term ‘offshoring’?

• The relocation of parts of a supply chain from one country to another.

• The process of moving production or services to a different party outside of the main company.

• The process of moving production or services to the shore (which is easily accessible).

• All the strategies TNCs apply in order to maximise profit.

In what type of countries are knowledge intensive activities predominantly found.

• TNCs

• NICs

• LEDCs

• MEDCs

Christmas and Santa Claus are becoming more popular in the Netherlands. Every year, more Dutch people exchange gifts during Christmas instead of during ‘Sinterklaas’. This is an example of …

• cultural heterogenisation

• cultural conflict

• global culture

• cultural homogenisation

The term ‘time-space convergence’ refers to the process of … distances becoming smaller.

• flight

• all

• relative

• absolute

Extracting raw materials, like picking raw cotton from the fields, is a(n) … activity.

• knowledge intensive

• capital intensive

• labour intensive

• assemblage

Frontal rainfall is best described as ...

• Rainfall caused by incoming sunlight

• Rainfall caused by high mountains

• Rainfall caused by the meeting of a cold and warm front

• All options mentioned

Which type of rainfall will you most likely find in Indonesia?

• Frontal rainfall

• Orographic rainfall

• Convectional rainfall

• It's not possible to say

When the ITCZ is overhead, which weather type is most likely?

• Rainfall and thunderstorms

• Sunny conditions

• Cloudy mornings, followed by rainy afternoons

• Snow

Deserts are mostly located at areas of _____ air pressure

• High

• Low

• Middle

The Köppen-code for the Netherlands is ...

• BS

• Cf

• Aw

• Ds