Exam 10: Geographies of Energy, Industry, and Services

An effective regional policy is needed to deal with the industrial decline in more developed nations. Identify what such a policy should look like for Canada's industrial heartland.

Spatial variations in economic development and quality of life are normal outcomes of any process of change, such as industrialization of an economy.

What was one important outcome of the recession of the early 1970s in the more developed world?

The most important and traditional industrial areas of Western Europe are central and northern Britain, and the Ruhr and mid-Rhine valleys of Germany and northern Italy.

Describe the ways that the industrial location problem is similar to and different from the agricultural location problem discussed in Chapter 9.

In Canada, how did female participation rates in the labour force change between 1951 and 1981?

Describe how eastern North America developed as the most productive industrial region in the world.

China is the world's leading producer of which of the following?

Which of the following inventions is associated with the Industrial Revolution?

In 1960, the percentage of the world labour force employed in services was approximately 20 per cent and today it has increased to what percentage today?

Data have proven that oil reserves will run out by 2035.

Cities in the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio became the early industrial leaders of the United States primarily because of which factor?

Which of the following countries currently produces the most natural gas?

The United States and the Russian Federation accounted for roughly what percentage of all natural gas consumption in 2016?

Explain how service industries are diverse.