UNIT 7 Quizziz

Quaternary economic activities are those that

• 1. extract natural resources from the environment

• 1. transform raw materials into finished products

• 1. involve the collection, processing, and manipulation of information

1. Economic activities that involve the extraction of natural resources, such as lumbering, fishing, mining, and agriculture, are called

• 1. subsistence activities

• 1. organic activities

• 1. secondary economic activities

• 1. primary economic activities

Service based economies are focused on all of the following except

• 1. Telecommunications

• 1. Tourism

• 1. Marketing

• 1. Mining

1. In the 200 years following the industrial revolution, heavy industry was found in all the following locations EXCEPT 

• 1. North America

• 1. Russia

• France

• 1. Northern Africa

1. Which of the following is an example of quaternary economic activities?

• 1. Entertainment

• 1. Research and Development

• 1. Oil production

• 1. Agriculture

1. Which of the following can be categorized as a primary activity?

• 1. Engineering

• 1. Teaching

• 1. Coal mining

1. Compared with more-developed countries, which of the following statements is true of less developed countries?

• 1. A higher percent of the labor force is engaged in food production .

• 1. The population pyramids exhibit narrower bases .

• 1. The per capita consumption of energy is higher .

• 1. The natural increase of the population is lower .

In Latin America, data for employment in many large urban areas are most likely to be incomplete because

• 1. records are kept mainly for male workers

• 1. most people are unemployed

• many people work in the informal sector

• 1. employment is growing too rapidly

The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following?

• 1. Population density

• 1. Annual precipitation rates

• 1. Per capita income

Which of the following variables has an inverse or negative relationship with the level of economic development of a country?

• 1. Literacy rate

• Birth rate

• 1. Percent of labor force in tertiary sector of economy

• 1. Life expectancy