Agriculture
Define subsistence and commercial agriculture.
Growing enough to survive.
Growing to sell to the market
What are the three factors of production?
Land, labor, capital
What country did the Industrial revolution begin in?
Great Britain
The product arrives to the consumer or producer without causing them to lose any productivity.
What concept?
Just In Time Delivery
Name any basic economic activity
Steel, auto, biotech....
What country provides a large amount of the crops the US receives during the winter months?
Chile
What are two things Von Thunen did not consider
Different land types, transportation systems, world trade, refrigeration
What are foreign owned factories in Mexico and how did NAFTA aid in their development?
Maquiladoras and it eliminated tarriffs
What is an example of a low order range activity?
What is an example of a high order range activity?
Gas station, bakery...
Amusement Park, sports complex
What are two things Ford introduced to the manufacturing process?
Assembly line and economics of scale
3 ways small farms have remained competitive with large agribusiness?
Organic, eat local, selling at Farmers Market, sustainable practices
Define range, threshold, and hinterland
Range-distance a person will travel to obtain a service
Threshold-Minimum number of customers to stay in business
hinterland-Market Area
What is a footloose industry and provide an example of one?
An industry that can be placed anywhere
Call Centers, microchips
Define agglomeration and deglomeration
Agglomeration-placement of business or service for mutual benefit
deglomeration- Oversaturated of a business
What are three ways to transport goods and what method is the most flexible and requires the least expenses in infrastructure expenses?
Planes, Trains, Trucks, Ships, Pipelines
Trucks
Name one improvement for all three agricultural revolutions?
1st-Domestication of plants and animals
2nd-Commercial farming
3rd-Bioengineering
Define weight gaining and weight reducing industry and provide an example of each one.
Weight gaining-Final product is more difficult to ship. Locate near the Market
Furniture
Weight reducing-final product is easier to ship. Locate near the raw materials
Smelting
What are 4 site factors a business considers in placement?
Land Cost
Labor Lost
Taxes and Government Policies
Proximity to Markets
What are three factors that a post-fordist industry would consider?
Access to skilled labor, access to venture capital, and government laws and benefits
Define break of bulk point
What has reduced its impact
Changing methods of transportation
ISO or intermodal containerization
Name the agricultural hearths for
a. Wheat
b. Rice
C. Yams
D. Corn
a. fertile Cresent
b. India to China
c. Yams-West Africa
d. Mexico
What is grown in Von Thunen's 5 rings?
1-Market Gardening
2. Dairy
3. Forest
4. Wheat
5. Livestock
How is industrial location changing and provide three examples of this shift?
Core to the periphery
Urban to rural
Northern States to Southern States
US to Mexico, Western Europe to Eastern Europe
Japan to China
In order to expand their range, what would a company locate near?
Freeway
Define extensive and intensive agriculture.
What factor is necessary for rice production
Lots of land/less land
Water