Barron's AP Human Geography - Unit
5 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Agglomeration -
correct answer ✅Grouping together of many firms from the same
industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of
infrastructure and sharing of labor resources.
Ancillary Activities -
correct answer ✅Economic activities that surround and support
large scale industries such as shipping and food service.
Anthropocentric -
correct answer ✅Human-centered, in sustainable development,
anthropocentric refers to ideas that focus solely on the needs of
people without considering the creatures with whom we share the
planet or the ecosystems upon which we depend.
Backwash Effect -
correct answer ✅The negative effects on one region that result
from economic growth within another region.
Break-Bulk Point -
correct answer ✅A location where large shipments of goods are
broken up into smaller containers for delivery to local markets.
, Barron's AP Human Geography - Unit
5 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Brick-and-Mortar Business -
correct answer ✅Traditional businesses with actual stores in which
trade or retail occurs, it does not exist solely on the internet.
Bulk Gaining Industries -
correct answer ✅Industries whose products weigh more after
assembly than they did previously in their constituent parts. Such
industries tend to have production facilities close to their markets.
Bulk Reducing Industries -
correct answer ✅Industries whose final products weigh less than
their constituent parts, and whose processing facilities tend to be
close to sources of raw materials.
Conglomerate Corporation -
correct answer ✅A firm that is comprised of many smaller firms
that serve several different functions.
Core -
correct answer ✅Nation or global regions where economic power,
5 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Agglomeration -
correct answer ✅Grouping together of many firms from the same
industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of
infrastructure and sharing of labor resources.
Ancillary Activities -
correct answer ✅Economic activities that surround and support
large scale industries such as shipping and food service.
Anthropocentric -
correct answer ✅Human-centered, in sustainable development,
anthropocentric refers to ideas that focus solely on the needs of
people without considering the creatures with whom we share the
planet or the ecosystems upon which we depend.
Backwash Effect -
correct answer ✅The negative effects on one region that result
from economic growth within another region.
Break-Bulk Point -
correct answer ✅A location where large shipments of goods are
broken up into smaller containers for delivery to local markets.
, Barron's AP Human Geography - Unit
5 Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Brick-and-Mortar Business -
correct answer ✅Traditional businesses with actual stores in which
trade or retail occurs, it does not exist solely on the internet.
Bulk Gaining Industries -
correct answer ✅Industries whose products weigh more after
assembly than they did previously in their constituent parts. Such
industries tend to have production facilities close to their markets.
Bulk Reducing Industries -
correct answer ✅Industries whose final products weigh less than
their constituent parts, and whose processing facilities tend to be
close to sources of raw materials.
Conglomerate Corporation -
correct answer ✅A firm that is comprised of many smaller firms
that serve several different functions.
Core -
correct answer ✅Nation or global regions where economic power,
