Industrial revolution practice questions
what would be an example of a maquiladora
A fatory of an american company located in mexico for cheap labor and market proximity
Acess to water has proven important to which industry
ALL
Which geographer developed the least cost theory
Alfred weber
Economic activities which surround and support large scale activities are
Ancillary activities
A country that may be considered semi periphery would be
Both china and Brazil
Which region in russia is known to be very similar to the London or Paris region
Central industrial region
A special economic zone may be found in
China
Special economic zones are most common in which country
China
Which region has a low supply of raw materials, but a high supply of labor
East Asia
Which region of the world is the fastest growing industrial region
East Asia
What are environmentally friendly activities, political support, social acceptance and economic support base
Economic success factors
A new cashier must be watched by somebody who is already trained for the job, training new employees often means you're lying two workers to do the job of one
Economic support base
The industrial revolution began in?
England in the 17th century
The main factor in determining an areas development is the what
Human development index
Which of the following asian countries, by using the cample of britains control of the sources of industrial raw material through colonization, followed a similar pat of colonial expansion
Japan
Japans dominant industrial district is
Kanto plain
Which major world industrial region has flourished despite a permanent lack of natural resources
Kanto plain
Which of the following are currently refered to as rustbelts
NE china
What concept suggests that less developed countries are still economically dependent upon more developed countries for their economic livelihood
Neocolonialism
What is the transfer of low paid, less skilled workers from MDC's to LDC's in order to produce more cost effective goods
New international divison of labor
Which form of transportation would most likely be used to haul fruit from central america to markets in the United States
Plane
The support of local politicians is important to a company success, local solutions set up zoning ordinances and approve construction plans, the local government needs to be in agreement with your plan for your business to start up and eventually succeed
Political support
A fisherman would be considered part of
Primary economic activity
Canada's northern region would be classified as what according to the core periphery model
Resource frontier
The country with the largest oil reserves in the world is
Saudi Arabia
What is outsourcing
Sending indusrial processes out for external production
The internal characteristics of a place based on its physical features
Site
The relationships that a particular location has within the location around it
Situation
Which of the following are most closely reated to the transportatin of materials to and from factories
Situation factors
You must be selling a product that the local citizens approve of, you cannot sell something that violates cultural standards, ex: liquor store near a school
Social acceptance
What would be a bulk gaining industry
Soft drink bottling
Which of the following is not a major world industrial region
South Asia
One of russians oldest and still thriving manufacturing areas is
St. Petersburg
The development of a wide manufacturing and commerical base occurs in which stage of Rostows model
Stage 4
What region of the world has the lowest gender development index
Sub saharan africa
The idea that resources should be conserved o that people living today can meet their needs without limiting the ability of future generations to do the same is called
Sustainable development
The development of a manufacturing sector take splace in which stage of Rostows development model
Take off
Deindustrialization has had a dramatic impact on
The great lakes
The location of Europes primary industrial regions still reflects
The spatial diffusion of the industrial revolution
First tier world cities would include
Tokyo, London, New York
What major factor has led the four asian tigers to economic success
Trading materials
Very little technology and a static, unchanging society are common in which stage of Rostows development model
Traditional society
take advantage of geographic differences in wages, labor laws, environmental regulations, taxes and the distribution of natural resources by locating various aspects of their production in different countries
Transnationals
Who is the leading consumer of fossil fuels today
US
Where did the industrial revolution originate
United Kingdom
The country with the largest coal reserve in the world is
United States
Company A orders 1k pounds of sugar at a cost of $1 per pound, company B orders 500 pounds of sugar at $2 per pound, this is a concept of what
Variable costs
Which of the following countries is the furthest from industrializaing
Vietnam
Which region in Russia was formed out of the state planning process
Volga
The author of the world system theory was
Wallerstien
An industry such as potato chips which uses potatoes and salt as raw materials is a good example of
Weight gaining industry
Which of the following is not associated with fordism
Wide veriety of products
The clustering of financial firms on Wall street, in New York is an example of
agglomeration
The most efficient mode of transport for high value or perishable goods is
air
Pittsburg is a what for steel
basic industry
The transfer of an automobile from a trip to a truck at a distribution point is a good example of a
break of bulk point
The term black towns was applied to early industrial towns in the
british midlands
Basic industries are
city forming industries
Non basic industries are
city serving industries
Which of the following would not classify as a light manufactured good
combine
Regions that have achieved high levels of socioeconomic prosperity and are dominant players in the global economic game are
core
You can't out a factor in the middle of a city and begin polluting the lakes, rivers, and air, the citizens living near the factory will complain and the local overmen will soon enforce regulations on your factory
environmentally friendly activities
What is the most important non renewable resource for industrial purposes
fossil fuels
What might occur at a break of bulk point
items are transferred between different modes of transport
The current economic boom on the pacific rim is based largely on
labor
What does the HDI measure
life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living
What is one thing that is used to determine the human development index for economic development
literacy rate
Maquiladoras are found in
mexico
In selecting a site for an industry to take place, all of the following factors would be considered except
minimization of profits
Four major industrial regions have developed, they are all located in which hemisphere
northern
Nigers economy is mostly limited to
primary economic industries
A teacher would be part of the
quaternary economic acitivity
The term that refers to the collection, processing, and manipulation of information and capital is
quaternary industries
Donald trump would be consiered part of the
quinary economic activity
President Bush would be considered part of the
quinary economic activity
An accountant would be considered part of the
quternary economic activity
Secondary industries are least dependent on
resource location
The most effcient mode of transport over long ditances when available is
ship
New orleans has a poor _______ due to its location below sea level
site
Pittsburg has an ideal ___________ for its production of steel
situation
China has successfully integrated these into their industrial and economic environment
special economic zones
What type of development attempts to improve the lives of people without depleting resources for future generations
sustainable development
The lcoation of steel plants in which part of the united states was based on the need to import ion from overseas sources
the northestern seaboards
In webers least cost theory what determines the location of the production facility for that company
the weight of raw materials and finished products
The effort to increase the efficiency of time in the delivery process by diminishiing distance obstacles
time space compression
Which of the following is not regarded as site factor, related to the costs of factors of production in a plant
transportation
The most important cost in webers least cost theory is
transportation costs
For most industrial goods, which method of transport is the cheapes over short distances
truck
Highly mobile and efficient form of transportation that can go almost anywhere there are roads, most used method of industrial transportation, but can have delays due to weather
trucks
Which of he following factors would most likely increase the cost of transportation the most
weight
a country or business becomes an expert in the production of one or two goods
when specialization occurs