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