Quiz #5
All-Quarter Make-UP Quiz (March 9)

(Geography 207 - 2000)

This (closed-book) quiz does not represent a make-up of any particular earlier quiz. It is a test given after ten weeks of studying concepts and conceptual relationships in economic geography. Thus, your answers should reflect what you know and understand at this time.

Total time: 30 minutes = 1/2 hour

Identify the conceptual meaning of any 6 of the following 9 words or expressions AND suggest their relevance to discources, theoretical argumentations or analyses in Economic Geography. (5 points or minutes each, for a total of 30 points or minutes):

  1. Critical isodapane

  2. Beta Index (Stutz, p.174)

  3. Backwash effects (Stutz, p.549)

  4. Coupling constraints (Hagerstrand)

  5. Terms of trade (Stutz, p.433)
  1. Induced effects in input-output analysis

  2. Cost-space and time-space convergence [Stutz, pp.187f]

  3. Localization economies (as a subcategory of agglomeration economies)

  4. Regional employment multiplier