Unit 7 Progress Check: MCQ

California's Silicon Valley is an example of a high-technology region. Which of the following would best accompany the map shown to help explain the origins of this high-technology region?

A description of how the areas research institutions, including Stanford University and the NASA Ames Research Center, served as growth poles for development

Which of the following statements explains the data relationship between the statistics shown in the table?

A high level of economic development does not guarantee that women will have an equitable position in society

In 2008, a debt crisis within the United States housing market triggered a global economic crisis. Which of the following best explains how this process occurred?

Because the global financial system is interconnected, able in other countries were negatively affected by the crisis in the United States

each image shows a different way that products of the Industrial Revolution were transported. Which of the following statements best compares the impacts of the two forms of transportation?

Both forms of transportation accelerated production and distribution of goods

Which of the following best explains the relationship of a country's economic sector employment to its development level?

Core countries have the highest percentage of workers in the tertiary sector and the lowest percentage of workers in the primary sector because of the economic emphasis on services

The map shows gross domestic product (GDP) by country. Which of the following factors best explains a limitation of GDP by country in comparing the level of productivity among countries?

Different population sizes, such as China, Japan, and the United States

Which of the following changes in global economic patterns occurred because of the innovations depicted in the two images?

Early adopters of the two innovations began to increase colonization in search of new sources of raw materials for manufacturing goods

In less developed countries, ecotourism blends environmental sustainability with the travel and hospitality service industry. This combination attracts global tourists to locations such as Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti Plain, and Victoria Falls in Africa. Which of the following best explains the relationship between global ecotourism and economic sustainability at the local scale?

Global ecotourism does not necessarily lead to local economic sustainability, as workers might not be paid a living wage at ecotourism resorts

Which of the following explains how microlending policies can lead to interdependence in the world economy?

Increased funding opportunities for individuals in less developed countries have led to increased economic stability on a local level and trade opportunities with other countries

The image shows an open coal mine in the United States. Which of the following best explains limitation of the image in analyzing economic patterns of coal mining?

It does not indicate patterns of restructuring that have resulted in a decrease in coal mining jobs

Microfinance is a form of banking whereby financial institutions issue small loans to people with low incomes, generally in less developed countries. Which of the following best explains how microfinance loans are intended to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?

Microfinance loans enable people to start small businesses, which contributes to the goal of ending poverty

Which of the following best explains a political-economic weakness of limitation of Rostow's stages of economic growth?

Rostow made the inaccurate assumption that all countries want modernization as defined in the model and would pass through the outlines stages in order

Which of the following explains the development patterns for a country that has a large proportion of its economy engaged in the secondary economic sector?

The country has access to shipping lanes and inexpensive transport options that lead to establishment of factories close to raw materials or to marketsdepending on the manufacturing process

Explain how the map represents an incomplete picture of the economy in India.

The data do not measure the informal economy, which in regions with high employment in agriculture could be significant

Which of the following scenarios is best explained by the increasing global popularity of ecotourism?

The development of small, locally owned lodges near ecological preserves in the Brazilian Amazon due to tourists' desire to benefit the local economy and minimize their environmental impact

By tradition it is uncommon for women to hold personal bank accounts in Pakistan, and until the 1990s this was much the same in Bangladesh. Which of the following best explains the significant change in the percent of women with bank accounts in Bangladesh?

The increased access to microlending institutions for Women, such as Graneen Bank

The map shows GDP per capita by country, with darker shading indicating higher GDP per capita. Which of the following best explains a limitation of the map in answering questions about the world's changing economic landscape?

The map shows economic productivity as GDP per capita in each country for a single yearbut does not show change over time that would indicate a level of economic growth or decline

Which of the following best explains how the diffusion of industrialization relates to the two images shown?

The stone bridge predates the Industrial Revolution. The technology for steel bridgework became available through the diffusion of steel manufacturing processes

Based on the data in the table, which of the following statements explains a limitation of using gross national income per capita compared to the Human Development Index as a measure of development?

Using gross national income per capita as a measure of development puts too much importance on economic production as the sole measure of development

In a number of countries there remains significant inequality between men and womenBased on a comparison of the patterns on the map, which of the following statements draws an accurate conclusion?

Women in Libya have more equality with men than do women in other African counties

Which of the following best explains the most significant weakness of Wallerstein's world system theory?

World system theory provides little explanation about how a country like South Korea could rise from a peripheral country to a core economy

The higher gross domestic product per capita in some less developed countries such as Brazil, South Africa, and Malaysia is best explained by increases in the value of the country's

manufacturing output and service industry employment

Rostow's stages of development can easily be applied to counties such as the United States and Japan, but not so easily to countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bolivia, because the theory

paces emphasis on developed nations having less developed nations to exploit for resources

Chile is able to grow and harvest grapes and strawberries in the months of October through Aprilin the United States is harvested from April through October. The United States has a much larger manufacturing capacity and shipa durable goods such as cars and trucks to Chile. These examples can best be explained by

the economic principle comparative advantage