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Industrial Revolution
US Industrial Regions
World Industrial Regions
Potpourri
100
This theory was created by German economic geographer Alfred Weber and was based on the minimizing of three costs: labor, transportation , and agglomeration.
What is Weber's Least Cost Theory?
100
In the 1800s, innovations were made in the industrial world. The growth of industries during this time gave this revolution its name.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
100
This is when cargo is transported from one mode of transportation (ship) to another (truck or train)
What is break-of-bulk point ?
100
This city is one of Russia's oldest manufacturing areas. It includes industries such as: shipbuilding, chemical production, textile making, and food processing.
What is St. Petersburg?
100
Name the five sectors of industry.
What is primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, and quinary?
200
Harold Hotelling introduced the issue of __________ _________ by explaining the idea of two ice cream vendors on a beach.
What is locational interdependence ?
200
The Industrial Revolution began in
What is Europe , specifically Great Birtian
200
This belt extends from St. Lawrence Valley to the Ohio and Mississippi
What is The American Manufacturing Belt ?
200
Japan's dominant industrialized & urbanization is the
What is Kanto Plain ?
200
As of 2003, this country was the top producer of steel in the world
What is China?
300
The location of secondary industries is harder to choose than primary industries due to human behavior.Finding the location of these industries is usually done using the
What is location theory ?
300
Industrial production began way before the Industrial Revolution [true / false]
What is true ?
300
Canadian and American manufacturers meet at this point. These are two horse-shoe shaped zones around two of the Great lakes.
What is Lake Ontario and Lake Erie?
300
This is Japan's second largest industrial region. It includes the Kobe-Kyoto-Osaka triangle.
What is the Kansai District?
300
What model is being displayed?
What is Losch's Model ?
400
When choosing a location for an industry, costs such as energy supply,transport expenses, and labor costs all affect the decision. These costs are called
What is variable costs?
400
Name 2 main innovations made during this revolution.
What is steam engines, railroads, water pumps?
400
The interior industrial district of the U.S. has nodes suchas the Pittsburgh-Cleveland area, and Chicago-Milwaukee area. This land is called
What is the U.S. Industrial Heartland?
400
This district was part of Germany but now lies in Poland and part of the Czech Republic. Its development was based on high-quality coal resources.
What is the Silesian District?
400
A process by which companies move industrial jobs to other regions with cheaper labor.
What is deindustrialization?
500
the negation of agglomeration that causes people to leave crowded urban cities and move other places is called
What is deglomeration?
500
This city urbanized first in great britain because of railroads.
What is Liverpool?
500
At the begining of the 20th century manufacturing began in the ____ ________ region of North America
What is New England ?
500
State the four Primary Industrial Regions of the World are
What is Western and Central Europe , Eastern North America , Russia and Ukraine , & Eastern Asia ?
500
The Ruhr became Europe's ______ industrial complex.
What is greatest?