Economics Pretest

Unit 6: Economics Pre test

Learning Target: I can identify site and situation factors that influence decisions about locating

industries, including the Weber’s Cost Theory.

9. What two (2) factors MOST influence transportation costs?

a. weight and distance

b. distance and labor

c. labor and weight

d. weight and infrastructure

10. Which factor is MOST important to Weber’s Cost Theory in determining the location of an

industrial site?

a. power supplies

b. labor costs

c. transportation costs

d. proximity to markets

Learning Target: I can describe the inequalities and challenges of development and how it can vary among regions

11. Selling a tangible good is an example of what type of economic sector?

a. primary

b. secondary

c. tertiary

d. quaternary

12. In less developed countries, people typically work in the

a. Agricultural sector

b. Industrial sector

c. Tertiary sector

d. Communications

Learning Target: I can describe the Industrial Revolution and how it impacted the transformation

13. What was the industrial revolution?

a. A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of

b. The development of home-based manufacturing

c. A very rapid diffusion of new industry ideas and techniques

d. An event in when a country breaks away from the mother country