Geographical Perspectives on Development
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Course Introduction
Geographical Perspectives on Development explores the spatial dimensions of development processes and challenges, emphasizing how location, environment, and place influence economic, social, and political change. The course examines various theories of development, inequalities within and between regions, the roles of local and global actors, and the impacts of globalization. Through case studies and analysis of real-world development issues, students will gain an understanding of topics such as urbanization, environmental sustainability, migration, and the geopolitics of aid, while critically reflecting on the ways in which developmental goals are pursued and experienced across different geographical contexts.
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The World Economy Geography Business Development 6th Edition by Frederick P. Stutz
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Chapter 1: Economic Geography: An Introduction
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Q1) The U.S.has the largest economy in the world,and Japan has the third largest.Which country has the second-largest economy in the world?
A) Great Britain
B) Brazil
C) China
D) Russia
E) India
Answer: C
Q2) According to the authors of your textbook,national and state borders have become less important because of globalization.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The networks,processes,and institutions that shape the planetary system of resource distribution,create wealth and poverty in different parts of the globe is the ________
Answer: world economy
Q4) The international economic system is synonymous with the ________ ________. Answer: world economy
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Chapter 2: The Historical Development of Capitalism
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Q1) What is the one country that was not colonized by Europe?
A) Australia
B) India
C) Japan
D) Malaysia
E) Philippines
Answer: C
Q2) What was the main mode of exchange in noncapitalist societies that preceded capitalism?
A) barter
B) credit
C) money
D) the state
E) warehousing
Answer: A
Q3) Traditional economy was the economic system that came immediately before capitalism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Population
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Q1) The number of years that it takes a population to double given a particular rate of growth is the ________ ________.
Answer: doubling time
Q2) What is the world's most populous Muslim country,with 243 million people?
A) Indonesia
B) Iraq
C) Iran
D) Pakistan
E) None of the above
Answer: A
Q3) Which set of regions/countries is currently experiencing a population decline?
A) Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
B) Asia, Australia, Indonesia
C) Europe, Russia, Japan
D) North America, Cuba, Mexico
E) South America, Egypt, Italy
Answer: C
Q4) ________ often form an important source of income for those remaining in the sending regions.
Answer: remittances
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Chapter 4: Resources and Environment
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Q1) What is the core argument in the concept "tragedy of the commons"?
A) Monetary systems are often manipulated by elites.
B) Governments will intervene when it is in their direct interest to do so.
C) Resources that are shared among several groups are ruined by individual actions.
D) Overpopulation is the result of lack of family planning methods.
E) Famine is likely to result after an isolated area experiences crop failure.
Q2) What is a problem with natural gas?
A) It occurs in equal amounts everywhere in the globe (and is therefore too cheap to trade).
B) It is expensive to transport by sea.
C) Only a small amount is captured from wells, while much is wasted to leakage.
D) It requires highly advanced technology to separate helium from what can be consumed.
E) All reserves of it are in the Middle East.
Q3) The world's potentially farmable land is estimated to be about ________ the present cultivated area.
Q4) The main factor responsible for desertification is ________.
Q5) ________ is the world's leading oil-producing country.
Q6) Burning ________ releases more pollution than other fossil fuels.
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Chapter 5: Theoretical Considerations
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Q1) In the U.S.,the rate of new inventions and granted patents began to decline in which decade?
A) 1960
B) 1970
C) 1980
D) 1990
E) 2000
Q2) Which input to production is sentient and capable of changing the conditions of work?
A) labor
B) capital
C) land
D) management
E) cost
Q3) The functions of management include all of the following EXCEPT
A) allocating resources.
B) raising capital.
C) keeping abreast of government rules and policies.
D) making investment decisions.
E) all of the above are functions of management.
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Chapter 6: Agriculture
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Q1) The world's most space consuming activity is ________.
Q2) Several factors have affected the size and distribution of pastoral nomads in recent times.They are
A) nomadic societies have fallen due to the rise of territorial boundaries of states.
B) governments have attempted to settle nomads.
C) they have survived because they know how to use land that cannot be used for other economic purposes.
D) all of the above.
E) A and C only.
Q3) The top farm product produced in the U.S.in terms of its value is ________.
Q4) The bulk and perishability of milk cause dairy farms in the U.S.to locate in a specific location.Where?
A) on the Great Plains
B) near the east and west coasts
C) in the Southeast
D) near cities
E) in Montana
Q5) The second most important crop in mixed crop and livestock farming is ________.
Q6) The locations near cities where cattle are fattened in pens are called ________.
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Chapter 7: Manufacturing
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Q1) The steel industry been an ideal candidate for Weberian locational analysis because its transport costs have traditionally been high.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Andrew Carnegie's U.S.Steel Company produced ________ of U.S.steel output in 1900?
A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 20%
D) 30%
E) 50%
Q3) The hearth area of the Industrial Revolution was northern England.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The major cause of the deep world recession in 1974-1975 was the OPEC oil embargo of 1973.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The largest steel producer in the world is ________.
Q6) The country of ________ is now the largest producer of greenhouse gases.
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Chapter 8: Services
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Q1) ________ is an important constraint on women's jobs opportunities.
Q2) Services that are intermediary between producers and consumers are
A) producer services.
B) transportation and communications services.
C) consumer services.
D) non-profit services.
E) wholesale and retail trade services.
Q3) The primary purpose of investment banking is
A) providing mortgages to businesses.
B) issuing credit cards.
C) providing capital to finance construction of office complexes.
D) buying and selling securities.
E) issuing loans to fund college education.
Q4) What forms the nervous system of the international financial community by allowing banks to move capital around at a moment's notice?
A) The World Bank
B) The International Monetary Fund
C) The Internal Revenue Service
D) electronic funds transfer systems
E) Western Union
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Chapter 9: Transportation and Communications
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Q1) According to the text,internet censorship is the world's most severe in ________.
Q2) Based on the differences in terminal and line-haul costs,rail is preferred over short distances.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The invention of the steam engine paved the way for technical advances in transportation at the time of the Industrial Revolution.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In which of the following places would satellites be preferred over fiber optic lines?
A) Washington, D.C.
B) Edinburgh, Scotland
C) Moscow, Russia
D) Tokyo, Japan
E) Yaak, Montana
Q5) The most rapidly diffusing technology in world history is ___ ________.
Q6) The area served by a port is called a ________ ________.
Q7) Transport costs that are a function of the distance involved are ________ costs.
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Chapter 10: Cities and Urban Economies
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Q1) What do the cities of Calcutta,Hong Kong,and Singapore have in common?
A) They originated as colonial or trading cities.
B) They are all in China.
C) They were never colonized.
D) They were important for religious reasons.
E) They will have all been hit by earthquakes in the past five years.
Q2) Changes in firms that sell goods and services to the export base through subcontracts are called direct effects.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The basic sector typically includes such economic sectors as A) retail trade.
B) eating and drinking establishments.
C) real estate.
D) personal services.
E) manufactured goods.
Q4) Urban core areas are called CBDs (Central Business Districts).
A)True
B)False
Q5) Changes in the basic sector itself are called ________ effects.
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Chapter 11: Consumption
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Q1) According to your textbook,which of the following have evolved from early forms of consumption?
A) The association of romance with consumption (as in "there's no romance without the finance") led to the invention of dating among couples.
B) Clean clothes became the norm expected of an increasingly larger fraction of society.
C) Child rearing came to include the purchase of goods to comfort children.
D) Purchasing came to be naturalized as keys to happiness, success, relief from pain and boredom, and a positive self-image.
E) all of the above
Q2) What single development enabled a growing middle class to purchase more goods in the Industrial Revolution of the 18th Century?
A) lower prices caused by the precursor of Walmart
B) higher incomes caused by improved education and jobs
C) lower taxation caused by efficient governments
D) higher incomes created by the discovery of gold
E) lower prices caused by mechanization an mass production
Q3) Consumption levels inadequate to meet basic human needs is called ________.
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Chapter 12: International Trade and Investment
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Q1) ________ is an increase in the general level of the prices of goods and services.
Q2) Internal labor disputes that interrupt production can be a barrier to exporting.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic that corporations prefer to find in countries in which they invest?
A) outward-oriented, export-led development strategy
B) offer incentives
C) cultural nationalism
D) imposition of few controls
E) appreciation of import substitutes that come with foreign investment
Q4) The argument that an artificial division of labor has made earning a good income from free trade difficult for most less developed countries is called ________
Q5) The U.S.runs annual trade deficits of over 1 trillion dollars.
A)True
B)False
Q6) A young industry that requires tariff protection until it matures is a(n)________
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Chapter 13: International Trade Patterns
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Q1) The U.S.is competitive internationally in medical equipment,transportation equipment,computer hardware,and computer software.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The country of ________ ________ is Canada's top trading partner.
Q3) Whereas the U.S.imports energy,Canada is able to export it.
A)True
B)False
Q4) All of the following are manufactured products in which the U.S.is competitive internationally,EXCEPT
A) athletic shoes.
B) medical equipment.
C) transportation equipment.
D) computer hardware.
E) computer software.
Q5) In 1970,East Asia surpassed Western Europe as the US' chief trading partner.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ account for the single largest flow of trade within the EU.
Q7) The country of ________ is China's top trading partner.
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Chapter 14: Development and Underdevelopment in the Developing World
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Q1) What is underemployment?
A) government (artificial) employment
B) people who want to work cannot find jobs
C) people are not adequately trained for advanced jobs
D) people work less than they would like and that skills are underutilized
E) employment that exists because worker output is not maximized, for example three people sweep a street when it would only take one
Q2) Which of the following is TRUE?
A) GDP is the best measure of income distribution in a given country.
B) Per capita purchasing power is a more meaningful measure of income than GDP.
C) Latin America is one of the world's wealthiest regions.
D) In the last 20 years, poverty has been eliminated from the world.
E) Australia ranks among the world's poorest countries.
Q3) In India,which segment of the population benefitted the most from the Green Revolution?
A) environmentalists
B) merchants, particularly those who owned their own fleet of trucks
C) poor farmers in the drier parts of the country
D) poor farmers who had access to water
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E) wealthy farmers who owned large tracts of land
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