1) Targets set by the UN in 2000 to improve people's lives in areas such as child mortality, gender equality, poverty and hunger are known as: a) UN Development Goals b) Millennium Development Goals c) Multiplier effect d) Nation building 2) The growing integration and interdependence of people's lives in a complex process with economic, social, cultural, political and environmental components is known as: a) Global governance b) Humanitarian intervention c) Inter-regional trade d) Globalisation 3) The locational movement of manufacturing production, in particular from AC's to EDC's and LIDC's from the 1970's onwards is known as: a) Industrialisation b) Manufacturing c) Global shift d) Global supply chains 4) Reorganisation of production at the global scale, as a result of deindustrialisation in AC's and the global spread of MNC's is known as: a) Nation building b) Multinational corporation c) Nation-state d) New International Division of Labour (NIDL) 5) True or false? The NIDL has produced an overall pattern of lower-paid labouring jobs in AC's and higher-paid managerial jobs in LIDC's a) True b) False 6) Economic activities that provide services to other economic activities, e.g. finance, research and development, advertising and consultancy are known as: a) Primary sector b) Secondary sector c) Tertiary sector d) Quaternary sector 7) Deindustrialisation refers to the absolute or relative decline in the importance of manufacturing in the economy of a country or region a) True b) False 8) The principle that countries or regions benefit from specialising in an economic activity in which they are relatively more efficient or skilled is known as: a) Multiplier effect b) Comprehensive redevelopment c) Comparative advantage d) Conurbation 9) An area where economic activity is concentrated and living standards are relatively high is known as: a) Urbanisation b) Counter-urbanisation c) Central business district d) Core region 10) Venture capital refers to investment in small or medium sized enterprises involving relatively high levels of risk but with the potential for significant gains; the enterprises are those not yet secure enough to raise their own finance. a) True b) False

Human Geography - Mixed Questions 2

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