Involves transporting materials to and from a factory.
100
The Industrial Revolution originated in ____________.
Northern England and Southern Scotland.
100
Inputs and products are transported in one of four ways- ______ , ______ , ______ , and ______.
Ship, Rail, Truck, or Air.
100
A Right-to-Work law requires what?
A factory to maintain a so-called "open shop" and prohibits a "closed shop".
100
Within the United States, where was the textile and apparel industry heavily concentrated in during the early twentieth-century?
The Northeast.
200
Define Site Factor.
Result from the unique characteristics of a location.
200
Name a subarea in North America where industries are distributed.
New England, Middle Atlantic, Mohawk Valley, Pittsburgh-Lake Erie, Western Great Lakes, or Canada's Industrial Districts.
200
The cost of transporting goods to consumers is a critical locational factor for three types of industries: ______ , ______ , and ______.
Bulk Gaining; Single Market; Perishable.
200
______ and ______ are the two leading industrial centers in Latin America.
Mexico; Brazil.
200
What three types of work rules distinguish post-Fordish lean production?
Teams, Problem Solving, and Leveling.
300
Define Bulk-Reducing Industry.
An economic activity in which the final product weighs less than its inputs.
300
Name a subarea in Eastern Europe where industries are distributed.
Central Industrial District, St. Petersburg Industrial District, Volga Industrial District, Ural Indistrial District, Kuznetsk Industrial District, Eastern Ukraine, or Silesia.
300
Name three examples of Site Factors.
Labor, Land, and Capital.
300
______ is by far the leading New Industrial Center.
China.
300
What is Outsourcing?
Turning over much of the responsiblity for production to independent suppliers.
400
Define Bulk-Gaining Industry.
Makes something that gains volume or weight during production.
400
Name a subarea in Northwestern Europe where industries are distributed.
United Kingdom, Rhine-Ruhr Valley, Mid-Rhine, or Northern Italy.
400
Name two examples of Situation Factors.
Proximity to Inputs and Proximity to Markets.
400
Name three examples of New Industrial Regions.
Asia, Latin America, and "Central" Europe.
400
Name two reasons that manufacturers are attracted to New Industrial Regions.
Proximity to Low-Cost Labor and Outsourcing.
500
Define Break-of-Bulk Point.
A location where transfer among transportation modes is possible.
500
Name the 4 regions that the world's industries are centered around.
Northwestern Europe, Eastern Europe, Eastern North America, and East Asia.
500
Name the two main factors in distributing industries.
Situation factors and Site factors.
500
Internationally, manufacturing has declined in __________ and increased in _________.
MDCs; LDCs.
500
Name the two things that can cause manufacturers to change location.
New industrial regions and renewed attraction of traditional industrial regions.