Unit 6 - industrial and development

Question 1

investments made by a foreign company in the economy of another country

Answer 1

foreign direct investment

Question 2

compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making

Answer 2

gender empowerment measure

Question 3

former measure of the US economy; the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period

Answer 3

gross domestic product

Question 4

indicator of level of development for each country, constructed by United Nations, combining I com, literacy, education, and life expectancy

Answer 4

human development index

Question 5

the portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from earths surface

Answer 5

primary sector

Question 6

the portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials

Answer 6

secondary sector

Question 7

the portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communication and utilities, sometimes extended to the provision of all goods and services for people in exchange for payment

Answer 7

tertiary sector

Question 8

companies with investments and activities and that span international boundaries and th subsidiary companies, factories, offices, or facilities in several countries

Answer 8

transnational corporations

Question 9

jobs that deal with the handling and processing of knowledge and information

Answer 9

quaternary sector

Question 10

The sector of industry suggested by some economists as compromising health education and other government industries not intended to make a profit

Answer 10

Quinary sector

Question 11

grouping together of many firms from the same industry in a single area for collective or corporate use of infrastructure and sharing of labor resources

Answer 11

agglomeration

Question 12

loss of Industral activity in the region

Answer 12

Deindustrialization

Question 13

The total value of goods and services produced by the residents of a country within a specific time period

Answer 13

gross national product

Question 14

The use of economic, political, cultural, or other treasures to control or influence other countries

Answer 14

neocolonialism

Question 15

A monetary measurement of development that takes into account what money buys in different countries

Answer 15

purchasing power perity

Question 16

The diffusion to or acquisition by one culture or retention of the technology possessed by another society

Answer 16

technology transfer

Question 17

form of mass production in which each worker is assigned to one specific task to perform repeatedly

Answer 17

fordist production

Question 18

The change from an agricultural to industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production

Answer 18

industrial revolution

Question 19

an industry for which labor cost compromises a high percentage of total expenses

Answer 19

Labor - intensive industry

Question 20

those US firms that have factories just outside US/Mexico border in areas that I have been specially designated by the Mexican government

Answer 20

maquiladoras

Question 21

The purchasing of services or products from an outside supplier or manufacturer in order to cut costs

Answer 21

outsourcing

Question 22

location factors related to the cost of factors for productions inside the plant & capital

Answer 22

site factors

Question 23

location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from the factory

Answer 23

situation factors

Question 24

The principle that an area produces the items for which it has the greatest ratio of advantage of these ratio of disadvantage in comparison to other areas

Answer 24

comparative advantage

Question 25

designated areas of countries where government create conditions conducive to export oriented production

Answer 25

export processing zone

Question 26

South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong. booming economies

Answer 26

Four Asian Tigers

Question 27

specific area within a country in which tax incentives and less stringent environmental regulations are implanted to attract origin businesses and investment

Answer 27

special economic zones

Question 28

rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions combine with water

Answer 28

acid precipitation

Question 29

The contamination of the atmosphere by the introduction of pollutants from human and natural sources

Answer 29

Air pollution

Question 30

using energy – an indicator of development

Answer 30

energy consumption

Question 31

responsible travel that does not harm ecosystems or the well being of local people

Answer 31

ecotourism

Question 32

The breakdown of the ozonator caused by chlorofluorocarbons

Answer 32

ozone depletion

Question 33

any substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technology feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use

Answer 33

resources

Question 34

the extent to which the human and natural resources of an area or country have been brought into full productive use

Answer 34

development