Deck 4: North American Political Economy

Question 1

Which types of farms benefit from a location close to urban areas?

A)Dairies
B)Truck farms
C)Ranches
D)Both A and B
E)Both B and C

Answer 1

D

Question 2

High technology industries are often located near what?

A)Coasts
B)Other manufacturing industries
C)Mountains
D)Major research universities

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Mining has been associated with the economic base of which parts of North America?

A)Pacific Northwest,Maine and Eastern Canada.
B)Newfoundland and other parts of the Atlantic Periphery.
C)The Rocky Mountains and Intermontane West.
D)The Gulf Coast,the Great Plains,and parts of northern Canada.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Cash-grain farming is associated with what part of North America?

A)The Southwest (New Mexico,Arizona).
B)The Northwest (Washington,Oregon).
C)The Midwest (Illinois,Iowa).
D)The Coastal South (Florida,South Carolina).

Question 5

Petroleum and natural gas production has been associated with the economic base of which parts of North America?

A)Pacific Northwest,Maine and Eastern Canada.
B)Newfoundland and other parts of the Atlantic Periphery.
C)The Rocky Mountains and Intermontane West.
D)The Gulf Coast,the Great Plains,and parts of northern Canada.

Question 6

Logging has been associated with the economic base of which parts of North America?

A)Pacific Northwest,Maine and Eastern Canada
B)Newfoundland and other parts of the Atlantic Periphery
C)The Rocky Mountains and Intermontane West
D)The Gulf Coast,the Great Plains,and parts of northern Canada

Question 7

North American manufacturing has traditionally been centered in what part of North America?

A)The Southwest
B)New England and the Great Lakes
C)The Pacific Northwest and Western Canada
D)The Inland South

Question 8

The percentage of people employed in the primary sector in North America has ________ over the last 100 years.

A)Increased
B)Decreased
C)Stayed at about the same level
D)Fluctuated

Question 9

For many years a mainstay of the economy in Seattle,Washington was commercial fishing.Many people not employed in the fishing industry were employed providing goods and services to fishermen.This is an example of

A)How important fishing is to coastal economies.
B)Basic employment generating non-basic employment.
C)How service employees are less important to the economy than other types of workers.
D)Why cities grow rapidly when fishing is their main economic driver.

Question 10

In North America the majority of workers are employed in which sector(s)of the economy?

A)Primary
B)Primary and Secondary
C)Tertiary
D)Tertiary and Quaternary

Question 11

Which factors contributed to the growth of tourism in North America?

A)The mass production and distribution of the automobile.
B)Increasing numbers of Americans holding nonfarm jobs and had paid vacations.
C)Increasing stress levels caused more Americans to need vacations.
D)Both A and B
E)All of the above

Question 12

Jobs that provide sales and services such as mechanics,doctors,waiters,and massage therapists are examples of which economic sector?

A)Primary
B)Secondary
C)Tertiary
D)Quaternary

Question 13

Why have manufacturing jobs moved from their traditional center in the Rust Belt to other regions in North America and regions outside of North America?

A)There was a lack of skilled labor in the Rust Belt.
B)Manufacturing jobs have moved in order to lower labor costs.
C)Costs of transportation to and from the Rust Belt became too high.
D)Energy costs became too high because of the cold climate.

Question 14

The economic base traditionally identified with Detroit,Michigan is

A)Oil extraction
B)Automobile manufacturing
C)Electronics industry
D)Ranching and meat packing

Question 15

The economic activities that a community relies on to generate income from elsewhere is called the

A)Prime economy
B)Economic base
C)Pecuniary center
D)Monetary focus

Question 16

By the end of the 20th century the majority of service and retail outlets were owned by ________.

A)Entrepreneurs
B)Immigrants
C)Large corporations
D)Seniors

Question 17

Military bases and spending are associated with what part of North America?

A)The Pacific Northwest and Intermontane West
B)The South and the Sun Belt
C)Eastern Canada and New England
D)The Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

Question 18

In general,agricultural production (the production of crops)in North America has ________ over the last 100 years.

A)Increased
B)Decreased
C)Stayed at about the same level
D)Fluctuated

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of employment in the primary sector?

A)Car salesman
B)Miner
C)College professor
D)Carpenter

Question 20

The primary cause of increased productivity of individual farmers in North America over the course of the 20th century is ________.

A)Low-wage migrant labor
B)A natural decrease in pest populations
C)Farmers 100 years ago were ignorant and lazy
D)Technological innovation

Question 21

What factors are more important in determining where tertiary and quaternary sector firms choose to locate?

A)Locating near needed raw materials
B)Locating near markets for their products
C)Locating in cities where they can have access to cheap labor
D)Locating in areas with lots of amenities and relatively low cost of living

Question 22

Between 2000 and 2010 a number of large cities in which region lost population?

A)The Southwest
B)New England
C)The Rust Belt
D)The Northwest

Question 23

During the 19th and early 20th century most of the largest cities in the United States were located in ________.

A)The Northeast
B)The Sunbelt
C)The Northwest
D)The Great Plains

Question 24

Globalization,and the growth of large multinational corporations has resulted in ________ of secondary sector jobs in North America.

A)The growth
B)The decline
C)Stagnation
D)Growth in most areas but decline in some regions

Question 25

A federal state indicates a country in which ________.

A)Power is shared formally between federal and state level
B)Power is concentrated at the federal level and states have little power
C)Power is concentrated at the state level and there is a weak federal presence
D)Power is completely at the federal level,and the state's leadership are all federal employees

Question 26

The process by which new technologies increase farm yields,which depresses prices leading farmers to adopt new technologies,which further increase yield is sometimes called the ________.

Question 27

Representatives of Canada's House of Commons,and the U.S.House of Representatives are primarily accountable to

A)The federal government
B)The state government
C)The territorially defined district
D)Both A and B

Question 28

Economic activities whose location does not rely on factors such as the location of raw materials,transportation costs,and large labor forces are called what?

A)Movers
B)Footloose activities
C)Free agents
D)Untethered

Question 29

The majority of people in various areas of the United States have tended to favor introverted or extroverted foreign policy.What is the main factor then seems to influence people's attitude towards foreign policy?

A)Their religious attitudes
B)How foreign policy might impact their region's economy
C)Whether the area is mostly rural or mostly urban
D)How many immigrants live in the area

Question 30

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)is an agreement that does what?

A)Allows the free migration of people between countries in North America
B)Limits tariffs and trade restrictions
C)Ensures that all countries have strong environmental and workers rights regulations
D)All of the above

Question 31

The economic base in an area is the part of the economy that provides income generated from exchange with other places.The economic base in ________ is ________.

Question 32

By the end of the twentieth century changes in urban structure in the United States meant that most of the largest cities in the United States were located in ________.

A)The Northeast
B)The Sunbelt
C)The Northwest
D)The Great Plains

Question 33

In recent decades,in contrast to early immigration patterns,many new immigrants to North America live in

A)Downtowns/the central city.
B)Ethnic neighborhoods.
C)Rural areas.
D)The suburbs.

Question 34

The word that describes the relationship between geography and international relations is ________.

A)Geopolitics
B)International geography
C)Globalization
D)Geo-foreign policy

Question 35

After the construction of ________ many Americans moved away from the center of cities.

Question 36

Which of the following was an advantage that helped the United States develop a strong,industrialized national economy during the 20th century?

A)A well educated,growing population
B)A culture that was traditional and discouraged novel thinking
C)An large land base and abundant natural resources
D)Both A and B
E)Both A and C

Question 37

Mining is an example of a ________ sector economic activity.

Question 38

Three examples of primary sector jobs are those involved in ________,________,and ________.

Question 39

The main difference between edge cities and suburbs is what?

A)Suburbs are located further from the central city than edge cities
B)Edge cities are located further from the central city than suburbs
C)Suburbs are less reliant than edge cities on the central city for employment,shopping,recreation,and cultural activities
D)Edge cities are less reliant than suburbs on the central city for employment,shopping,recreation,and cultural activities

Question 40

Over the course of the 20th century population has been centered in various settings.Which of the follow best describes the development and growth of these population centers over time?

A)Urban-suburban-edge cities-rural
B)Rural-urban-suburbs-edge cities
C)Suburban-edge cities-urban-rural
D)Rural-suburbs-edge cities-urban

Question 41

How has globalization impacted workers in rural parts of North America in comparison to those in cities?

Question 42

Four out of five cities in the United States that lost population between 2000 and 2010 were located in ________.

Question 43

Why has the secondary sector in the Rust Belt declined in recent decades?

Question 44

Since the 1960s,population growth has shifted from the eastern United States to the ________.

Question 45

Why has there been significant opposition to NAFTA? What negative impacts are opponents concerned about?

Question 46

Ethnoburbs are neighborhoods outside city centers that have a large percentage of ________.

Question 47

Prior to the 1960s most new immigrants lived in ________.

Question 48

Explain the concept of the technological treadmill by giving an example of how this pattern functions.

Question 49

________ has been the largest city in the United States since the 1850s.

Question 50

What is the difference between basic and nonbasic employment? Give an example each type.