Name:___________________________
Quiz
(Geography 350, April 20, 2000)
(http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/350/00/quiz1.html)
Select 3 (three) from the following items:
First, please define and/or identify the term's
conceptual meaning. If appropriate, you may also want to suggest briefly
why this concept may be relevant or how it may be used in Economic
Geography.
(1) What is a "cohort" and what is a "life stage" in regional demographic
analysis? How are the two related?
Glossary
Also: Required
on-line class reading
(2) What is the difference between a "PMSA" and a "CMSA"? (be specific)
Glossary
Also: Handout distributed in class
(3) What is the difference between the "general fertility rate" and an
"age-specific fertility rate"?:
Glossary
Also: Handout distributed in class
(4) List four of the assumptions which are needed to apply the location
quotient to the identification of the export-related employment
of a
region (as listed in your [required] readings for this week in both Davis
and Isard
texts)
- Davis, pp.16-18
- Isard (1998), pp.25 & 26.
(5) Why is the concept of "agglomeration economies" important in the
context of Geog 350? [Define the concept first]
Glossary
BONUS:
(1 point)
Which text did you use in Geog.207 or which text have you adopted (as
suggested) now for acquiring your general economic-geography background
for Geog.350? (Be specific: Authors' names and full title, please)
- Stutz, Frederick P., San Diego State University, and Anthony R. de
Souza,
Southwest
Texas State University: The World Economy: Resources, Location,
Trade and
Development, 3.edition, 1998]
- Dicken, Peter and Peter E. Lloyd. Location in Space: Theoretical
Perspective in
Economic Geography. 3rd edition, 1990. [HF 1025 D53 1990] [This
book is used by
Professor Beyers as a text for his Geog.207] It is excellent in
the treatment of classical location theory]
- Others