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Human Geo · FRQ Trainer

Free-response 1 of 13 · Industrial & Economic Development

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The real Human Geo Section II is 3 free-response questions in 75 minutes, 50% of your score. Three 7-point questions of one point per lettered task: one with no stimulus, one with one stimulus, one with two stimuli. This prompt is ours, written to the same skills — score it against the rubric below, not against that structure.

Prompt

In recent decades, many manufacturing jobs have relocated from developed countries (like the US) to newly industrialized countries (NICs). (A) Identify this economic process. (B) Explain ONE reason multinational corporations choose to relocate their manufacturing facilities to NICs. (C) Explain a SECOND, different reason corporations relocate manufacturing to NICs. (D) Describe ONE negative impact of this relocation on the developed country. (E) Describe ONE positive impact of this relocation on the NIC. (F) Explain how this relocation illustrates the New International Division of Labor. (G) Describe ONE way a developed country's economy shifts as manufacturing departs.

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