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30 Cards in this Set
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Western Europe |
Which of the following regions accounted for nearly 80% of the industrial revolution out put of the early 1800's |
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The steam engine |
What invention was the most important for the development of factories |
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Coal |
The most important fuel source for the early industrial revolution was |
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Plastics |
Which was not an industry impacted in the early industrial revolution |
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United kingdom |
Where was the place of origin for the industrial revolution |
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Latin america |
Which of the following is not one of the worlds regions where industry is concentrated |
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Western tibet |
Which of the following areas is not considered a large industrial of china |
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Vast amount of fast moving rivers and large population create and agglomeratiom of industries near lake baykal |
Which does not accuraty depict the location characteristics of industry in russia |
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Reverse hierarchial : manufacturing ideas from the outlying rural areas of the british empire spread back to england and thus stimulated the industrial revolution |
All are true in explaining the diffusion of the industrial revolution except |
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Large pool of skilled labor and quick delivery to large markets |
Which best explains why many companies continue to locate factories in traditional regions such as the northeastern US and western europe |
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Weak unions in north and shortage of skilled labor |
Which does not explain why automobile manufacturing plants continue to close of relocate facilities in the northern US |
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Steel |
What was the basic industry in pittsburgh during the early development of the city |
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Eastern south america |
Which of the following is not one of the primary industrial regions in the worlds economy |
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Shortage of iron ore in the interior US |
Which of the following factors does not help explain why steel manufacturing facilities in the US have increasingly been located near the coast |
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Workers in the south are less likely to join a union |
Why do automobolie manufacturing facilities being built in the south as a opposed to its traditional location in michigan |
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Agglomeration |
A clustering of rubber and tire windshield producers near automobile plants is best explained by the benefits of |
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Global division of labor |
Webers least cost location used all of the following factors to determine optimum location of all manufacturing facility except |
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Railroad |
Which of the following would be the best mode of transporting coal from a mine in Casper, WY to a hydroelectric plant in Houston,TX |
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Improvements in intermodal containerization |
The most important improvement of the late 20th and the early 21st century impacting international trade is |
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Copper mining |
Which of the following is the best example of a bulk reducing industry |
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Automobile assembley |
Which of the following is the best example of a bulk gaining industry |
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Location of an industry in relation to resources used in production including its market |
In the context of industrial location , which of the following best describes the concept of situation |
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Plane |
Which form of transportation would most likely be used to haul fruit from central america to markets in the US |
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Water and glass are ubiquitous but heavy so production should be relatively close to the market in order to reduce transportation cost |
Based on the optimal location theory which best describes the lowest cost location in a bulk gaining industry of a soft drink bottle |
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Weight |
Which of the following factors would most likely increase the cost of transportation costs |
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Break of bulk point |
The transfer of an automobile from a train to a truck at a distribution point is a good example of a |
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Refining |
Which step in copper production is NOT bulk reducing |
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Ship |
Which mode of transportation has the lowest cost per kilometer or mile |
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Bulk gaining industry |
An industry such as potato chips , which uses potatoes and salt as raw materials is a good example of what |
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The cost of transportation |
The classic model of industrial location theory suggests that the primary consideration in the location of an industrial site is which of the following |
