Introduction to Business Geography Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Introduction to Business Geography explores the spatial aspects of business activities and how geographic factors influence the location, development, and success of enterprises. The course examines the relationship between physical environments, transportation networks, market accessibility, and resource availability in shaping business decisions. Students will gain insight into site selection, spatial analysis, regional development, and globalization trends, utilizing geographic tools and technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to analyze business patterns. Emphasis is placed on understanding urban-rural dynamics, industrial clusters, global supply chains, and the evolving geography of commerce in a rapidly changing world.
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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 international economic system is synonymous with the ________ ________.
Answer: world economy
Q2) What are the principal instruments of globalization in the last 30 years?
A) GDPs
B) GNPs
C) NGOs
D) TNCs
E) UGRs
Answer: D
Q3) What is a hegemonic power?
A) the most powerful country in the world
B) a country that controls key energy resources
C) any country with a strong military
D) a collection of allies that pursue common interests
E) a continent that has internal unity
Answer: A
Q4) Nations and states are the primary agents of international trade today
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Historical Development of Capitalism
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Q1) Lhasa was controlled by Britain until 1997,when it was returned to China.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) What was a major reorganization in the nature of work in the Industrial Revolution?
A) dredging
B) slavery
C) the factory system
D) the guild system
E) urban defense systems
Answer: C
Q3) After wood became scarce in Britain,what was the power source that industry switched to?
A) coal
B) solar
C) tar sands
D) wind
E) none of the above
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Population
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Q1) Which of the following is TRUE?
A) The population of the United States will double in the next 20 years.
B) Thomas Malthus was absolutely correct about population behavior.
C) The overall rate of world population growth is slowing down.
D) Demographic transition theory is now known to be completely false.
E) World population will decrease by 50% by 2100.
Answer: C
Q2) Global population tends be along edges of continents,in river valleys,and at low elevations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The average number of people per unit area is the population density. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) A person who,usually as a result of violent conflict is forced to leave their home is an
Answer: internally displaced person
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Chapter 4: Resources and Environment
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Q1) According to your text,the inequitable distribution of food is directly related to poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is FALSE regarding nuclear power?
A) Some countries have begun phasing out nuclear power plants.
B) Nuclear power plants are expensive to build.
C) Nuclear fusion creates large amounts of nuclear waste.
D) Accidents have occurred at a few nuclear power plants around the world.
E) Nuclear waste can contaminate the areas where it is disposed.
Q3) The warming of the atmosphere due to increased amounts of carbon dioxide,nitrous oxides,methane and chlorofluorocarbons is called global warming.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What were the two major accidents at nuclear power plants?
A) Narora-1 in India in 1955 and Qinshan 3-A in China in 1968
B) Fort Calhoun in Nebraska in 1966 and GRR-1 in Greece in 1977
C) North Anna in Virginia in 1967 and Cruas in France in 1982
D) Watts Bar in Tennessee in 1974 and Genkai-3 in Japan in 1984
E) Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania in 1979 and Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986
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Chapter 5: Theoretical Considerations
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Q1) Oscillations in the capitalist economy linked to major waves of technological change are known as the Kuznets Model.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The behavioral approach
A) focuses on the psychology of the decision making process.
B) focuses on people's behavior.
C) emphasizes historical context and social relations.
D) derives from neo-classical economics.
E) is the scientific method.
Q3) What entity is the largest single employer in the United States?
A) Walmart
B) General Motors
C) McDonald's
D) U.S. federal government
E) CitiBank
Q4) The most accessible land is generally the least expensive.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The skills present in the local labor force is called ________ ________.
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Chapter 6: Agriculture
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Q1) How many crops are typically cultivated in a single swidden?
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
E) five or more
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) Most cropping systems in the U.S.rely on corn because it is the crop with the highest value.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A reduction of land capability is known as ________ ________.
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Chapter 7: Manufacturing
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Q1) Companies based in one country that do business in one or more other countries are known as Transnational corporations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Italy has 2 major manufacturing regions.Which pairing of location and major products is correct?
A) Po River Valley - mineral mining and production
B) Po River Valley - high value-added textiles, industrial ceramics, electronic equipment
C) Emilia-Romagna - iron, steel, autos, etc
D) Emilia-Romagna - high value-added textiles, industrial ceramics, electronic equipment
E) none of the above are correctly paired
Q3) Located on the Rhine River in Europe ________ is one of the world's largest ports.
Q4) A computer the size of one's fingernail used for applications,including calculators,electric typewriters,computers,industrial robots,and aircraft guidance systems is called a
Q5) The largest steel producer in the world is ________.
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Chapter 8: Services
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Q1) In the U.S.,what percentage of a households expenditures are spent on services?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 40%
D) 50%
E) 75%
Q2) The digital revolution affected financial markets all over the world by eliminating the costs of financial transactions and transmissions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Services at the national,state,and local level are
A) transportation and communications services.
B) government services.
C) wholesale and retail trade services.
D) consumer services.
E) producer services.
Q4) Health care has a particularly low income elasticity.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Services is also known as the ________ sector of the economy.
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Chapter 9: Transportation and Communications
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Q1) In general,what form of transportation was least expensive in the early days of transportation?
A) motor vehicles
B) railroads
C) water
D) air travel
E) horse-drawn cart
Q2) What are the effects of improvements in transportation?
A) promote spatial interaction
B) stimulates specialization
C) increases land and labor productivity
D) promotes more efficient use of capital
E) all of the above
Q3) The area served by a port is called a ________ ________.
Q4) Your text states that internet censorship is worst in North Korea.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Offices organized by firms where telecommuters may work,facilitating telework but not from the home are called ________ ________.
Q6) The most rapidly diffusing technology in world history is ___ ________.
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Chapter 10: Cities and Urban Economies
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Q1) Which of the following was most important in encouraging suburban sprawl?
A) loan guarantees for home purchasers (especially veterans)
B) property-tax reductions for owner-occupied homes
C) massive highway subsidies
D) cheap land
E) cheap transportation
Q2) Why do relatively prosperous people tend to live in the cheaper land in the suburbs while the poor tend to concentrate in the inner city?
A) Prosperous people have access to better transportation.
B) tax incentives
C) historical inertia
D) institutionalized racial segregation in housing
E) It is a random result.
Q3) The cities of Calcutta,Hong Kong,and Singapore all originated as colonial or trading cities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Shopping malls and retail stores exemplify the urban non-basic sector.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Consumption
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Q1) After World War II,the expansion of consumerism was closely linked to the growth of credit.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Objections to consumerism had ________ overtones.
A) environmental B) social
C) political
D) cultural E) religious
Q3) According to your text,because consumption is linked to other domains such as transportation and production,every act of consumption imposes changes on the legal system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to your textbook,advertising converts luxuries into necessities.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________ is the mechanism for funneling people's consciousness to the commodity to generate new wants and desires.
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Chapter 12: International Trade and Investment
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Q1) If the value of a currency fluctuates according to changes in supply and demand for the currency on the international market,the exchange rate is said to be
A) in trouble.
B) floating.
C) optimal.
D) unsecured.
E) in demand.
Q2) According to Michael Porter's Theory of Competitive Advantage,cheap labor most determines economic success.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who introduced the idea of comparative advantage?
A) Alfred Weber
B) Walter Christaller
C) Johann Heinrich Von Thunen
D) Thomas Malthus
E) David Ricardo
Q4) The lowest level of economic integration is the ________ ________.
Q5) The largest exporter of cars and trucks to the U.S.is ________.
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Chapter 13: International Trade Patterns
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Q1) ________ is the world's third leading trading nation.
Q2) What is the largest category of exports from Canada to the United States?
A) automobiles and automobile parts
B) energy resources
C) iron ore
D) forest products
E) computer hardware
Q3) Under Spanish colonialism,Latin America's role was to provide
A) primary materials.
B) secondary materials.
C) tertiary products.
D) quaternary products.
E) quinary products.
Q4) About half of China's manufacturing plants are owned by
A) U.S. firms.
B) Japanese companies.
C) European companies.
D) the Chinese government.
E) South Korean firms.
Q5) In trade,India is no longer dominated by its former colonial overseer ________.
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Chapter 14: Development and Underdevelopment in the Developing World
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Q1) What is the largest urban area in the United States? It is the second-largest urban area in the world with approximately 19 million people.
A) Chicago
B) Los Angeles
C) Miami
D) New York City
E) Philadelphia
Q2) ________ ________ is industrialization based on the manufacture of products for export.
Q3) In the developing world,what government institution is often the most well-funded and organized?
A) agricultural department
B) educational system
C) military
D) ministry of trade
E) social services network (foster care, homes for the elderly, etc.)
Q4) ________ ________ is a trade strategy,now largely discredited,that puts high tariffs on imports as a way to stimulate domestic production of goods.
Q5) The largest urban area in the United States is ________.
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