HUGO TEST UNIT 7 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Agglomeration - ANS ✔✔when companies pile up in the same area because they all take
advantage of some common benefit like access to a highway or an educated workforce.
(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.)
Brandt Theory - ANS ✔✔took him 30 years to figure out most core countries are in the north.
Coined the term "global south". Northern hemisphere = more developed. Souther hemisphere =
less developed
Break-of-bulk - ANS ✔✔location in which a shipping container shifts from one mode of
transportation to another (shop to 18-wheeler) - a location along a transport route where goods
must be transferred from one carrier to another.
bulk-gaining industries (gains weight) - ANS ✔✔factories should located near the market since
the product is at its heaviest post -production. - 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. ex coke, a lot of stuff
Bulk Losing Industries - ANS ✔✔factories should located near the resources since the products
is at its heaviest pre- production - industries that prefer to be situated close to their raw
materials in order to "lose" unnecessary material because the finished product is lighter, easier,
or cheaper to transport ex Cooper, mining,
comparative advantage - ANS ✔✔ability of an economy to produce a good or service in a more
efficient and economically competitive manner than its peers - the ability to produce a good at a
lower opportunity cost than another producer (better than others, compare things and see
what u like better)
CORRECT ANSWERS
Agglomeration - ANS ✔✔when companies pile up in the same area because they all take
advantage of some common benefit like access to a highway or an educated workforce.
(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.)
Brandt Theory - ANS ✔✔took him 30 years to figure out most core countries are in the north.
Coined the term "global south". Northern hemisphere = more developed. Souther hemisphere =
less developed
Break-of-bulk - ANS ✔✔location in which a shipping container shifts from one mode of
transportation to another (shop to 18-wheeler) - a location along a transport route where goods
must be transferred from one carrier to another.
bulk-gaining industries (gains weight) - ANS ✔✔factories should located near the market since
the product is at its heaviest post -production. - 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. ex coke, a lot of stuff
Bulk Losing Industries - ANS ✔✔factories should located near the resources since the products
is at its heaviest pre- production - industries that prefer to be situated close to their raw
materials in order to "lose" unnecessary material because the finished product is lighter, easier,
or cheaper to transport ex Cooper, mining,
comparative advantage - ANS ✔✔ability of an economy to produce a good or service in a more
efficient and economically competitive manner than its peers - the ability to produce a good at a
lower opportunity cost than another producer (better than others, compare things and see
what u like better)
