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AP Human Geography TestSouthern Africa - answer One of the United Nations Millennium Goals is to combat
HIV/AIDS, along with other diseases. Which of the following world regions is likely to
benefit most from this goal?
A. South America
B. South Asia
C. Central Africa
D. Southern Africa
E. Northern Africa
HDI - answer Which of the following indicators of development is a composite measure?
A. GDP
B. GNP
C. GNI
D. HDI
E. GPD
Comparative Advantage - answer Which of the following describes when a country
identifies the unique assets that it can provide for trade or profit?
A. Supranationalism
B. Comparitive Advantage
C. Agglomeration
D. Least Cost Theory
E. Commodification
Provide tax breaks for new, incoming corporations. - answerWhich of the following is the
most likely initiative that a local government would use to generate economic
development in its poverty stricken city?
A. Reduce local property taxes for individuals.
B. Subsidize private schooling.
C. Provide tax breaks for new incoming corporations.
D. Invest in new parks and recreation.
E. Subsidize gasoline for city residents.
Comparative advantage - answerThe ability of one group or individual to perform an
economic activity more efficiently than another is known as:
A. Economies of scale
B. Comparative Advantage
C. Diseconomies of scale
D. Complementarity
E. Comparative Disadvantage
,A web design company - answerWhich of the following business operations is likely to
be found in Silicon Valley, California?
A. A coal mine
B. A web design company
C. A water bottling plant
D. A feedlot
E. A car assembly plant
Unpaid maternity leave - answerWhich of the following descriptions directly indicates
inequality for women at work?
A. Paid maternity leave
B. Unpaid maternity leave
C. Free pre-natal classes at work
D. Paid paternity leave
E. Unpaid paternity leave
corporate leadership - answerAll of the following are considered site factors of
production EXCEPT:
A. Land
B. Sources of Energy
C. Corporate Leadership
D. Labor
E. Capital
weight-gaining industry - answerWhy type of industry locates the production point close
to the market to minimize transportation costs associated with heavier products?
A. Weight-reducing industry
B. Weight-gaining industry
C. Tertiary industry
D. Primary industry
E. Secondary industry
soft drink bottling/tertiary - answerWhy pairing of economic sectors is NOT correct?
A. Farming/primary
B. Automobile manufacturing/secondary
C. Apple executive/quinary
D. Soft drink bottling/tertiary
E. Accountant/quarternary
A loan to help build a K-12 school for girls in rural Pakistan. - answerWhich of the
following microloans would be most beneficial to women in the long-term?
A. A loan to help start up a rice farm in China that only employs women.
B. A loan to help a textile factory in Bangladesh expand.
C. A loan to help a toy factory in Vietnam meet health and safety standards.
D. A loan to help build a K-12 school for girls in rural Pakistan.
, E. A loan to help single women in Somalia learn how to fish so that they no longer have
to rely on arranged marriages.
It shows a less developed country. - answerWhich of these would be true of a country
with this population pyramid? (Wide at the bottom, skinny at top.)
A. It shows a more developed country.
B. It shows a less developed country.
C. It shows characteristics of a European country.
D. It shows a country with a low dependency ratio.
E. It shows a country that is mostly urban.
transnational corporation - answerCoca Cola is best described as a:
A. transnational corporation
B. footloose industry
C. maquiladora
D. secondary activity
E. primary activity
maquiladoras - answerWhich of the following describes industrial plans located in
Mexico that produce goods using relatively inexpensive labor and later sell the products
in the United States for a higher profit?
A. devolution
B. maquiladoras
C. footloose industry
D. multinational corporation
E. transnational corporation
death rates decreased - answerWhat impact did the industrial revolution have on
population as it diffused through Western Europe?
A. Natural rate decreased
B. Death rates increased
C. Birth rates decreased
D. Birth rates increased
E. Death rates decreased
manufacture goods for the American market at a low cost. - answerThe purpose of
maquiladoras is to:
A. manufacture goods for the South American market at a low cost.
B. manufacture goods for the Mexican market at a low cost.
C. manufacture goods for the Southeast Asian market at a low cost.
D. manufacture goods for the American market at a low cost.
E. manufacture goods for the European market at a low cost.
technology - answerThe catalyst of the Industrial Revolution was:
A. government funding
B. specialized labor
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