Human Geography Review 2- Lamar

17. What connections can be made between where a factory is placed in any given industry?

The factory is placed where it is most convenient for the people to go and get the product. Wherever the company has a high demand is where they are going to put the factory.

11. Describe the Industrial Revolution.

During the industrial revolution there were a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods

7. Which products are India, United States, and New Zealand the leading producers of?

Grain

4. Explain and illustrate the Von Thunen model.

1st ring- marketing, gardening, and dairy. 2nd ring- forestry. 3rd ring- field crops. 4th ring- animal grazing.

33. What is the difference between a clustered rural settlement and a dispersed rural settlement?

A clustered rural settlement would be a very close together area. Dispersed rural settlement would be a very spread out area.

12. What is a cottage industry?

A cottage industry is home based manufacturing.

25. What are consumer services? Business services? Public services?

Consumer services- provide services to individuals who desire them and can afford to pay for them: 4 types are retail sale, education, health, and leisure and hospitality. Business services- facilitate other businesses:3 types are financial, transportation, and information. Public services- provide security and protection for citizens and businesses that work for government employees.

9. Define agribusiness.

Agribusiness is a large scale of farming enterprise. Its commercial agriculture characterized by integration of different steps in the food processing industry.

20. What are the new industrial regions of the world?

America, Europe, Middle East, South Asia, and Asia-Pacific

26. Give examples of each type of service.

Consumer- hair salon. Business- metro. Public- police.

19. What are the traditional industrial regions of the world?

Britain, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe.

34. Of the top ten most populated cities in the world, how many are located in LDCs?

Buenos Aires, Delhi, Dhaka, Jakarta, Kanata, Mexico City, Mumbai, San Paulo.

8. Describe the challenges faced by commercial farmers and subsistence farmers

Challenges for commercial farming includes overproduction, agricultural effeincies, and high demand. Challenges for sustainable farming is out of season crops and risky trade.

28. What two factors contribute to why companies choose to put back office jobs in LDCs?

Consumer services and business services.

27. What types of business services would be found in an LDCs?

Employed services

35. What is the central place theory?

Explains how the most profitable location can be identified.

37. Define outsourcing. Give examples.

Is an arrangement in which one company provides services to another company that could also be or usually have been provided in-house.

32. What is a primate city?

Is the largest city in the country or region that is more than twice as big as the second largest city.

23. Discuss the factors that modern factories consider when locating themselves in suburban and rural areas.

It is better to live there

21. Explain why US companies would locate factories in Mexico (Maquiladora).

It is more affordable to ship and make in Mexico than the US.

31. Describe the difference when looking at the percentage of people in urban areas and the number of people in urban areas.

It would be more spread out as a percent the whole state would be covered.

29. What are the benefits of placing financial services in LDCs?

LCD's have urban areas with a large population.

6. List all types of agriculture located in MDCs and LDCs.

Plantation farming- LCD's. Mixed crop and livestock farming, dairy farming- MDC's. Grain farming is ranching Mediterranean agriculture. Commercial gardening and fruit farming- MDC's

22. List and describe primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors/economic activities.

Primary sector- extract materials from the earth. Secondary sector- makes and assembles products. Tertiary sector- providing goods and services to people in exchange for money.

38. What are some pros and cons of outsourcing?

Pro- very low cost, flexibility. Con- communication skills, fewer developers can often produce more.

5. Discuss the 5 characteristics that separate commercial and subsistence farming.

Purpose of farming, percentage of farmers in the labor force, use of machinery, farm size, and relationship of farming to other businesses.

36. Define range and threshold.

Range- maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service. Threshold- minimum number of people needed to support the service.

24. How do urban areas differ from rural areas?

Rural is more land, grass, animals and urban is like the city where people live (houses, stores, and restaurants.)

3. Which form of agriculture takes up the most land area?

Shifting cultivation

16. List and describe the significant site factors.

Site factors are unique characteristics of location like; land, labor, and capital.

10. What are some strategies to increasing the food supply?

Some strategies to increase food supply would be to expand land area used for agriculture, increase productivity, identify more food sources, and increase exports.

1. Define subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture.

Subsistence agriculture- is the self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families. Commercial farming- includes livestock production and livestock grazing. Mass production of food to sell to others for money.

2. List and describe all the types of subsistence and commercial farming.

TYPES OF SUBSISTENCE AG---- Shifting the moving of planting from place to place to place providing crops and better land. Slash and burn- clear out vegetation and burn the debris. Pastoral nomadism- extensive agriculture (uses little inputs on vast areas of land) intensive subsistence agriculture- more input of labor and materials relative per area. TYPES OF COMMERCIAL AG---- mixed crop and livestock farming- feed for livestock, crop rotation, dairy farming, milk shed, near urban areas. Grain farming- grain seed from various grasses like wheat, corn, oats, barely, rice. Livestock ranching. Mediterranean crops- south Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. Commercial gardening and fruit farming. Plantation farming.

18. Textile companies rely on what kind of labor?

Textile work is often apparel spinning, weaving, and assembly (easy things). Therefor it requires less skilled workers, low cost workers.

39. What country is known to use child labor of cocoa plantations?

The ivory coast

40. What are 3 dangers for children working on cocoa plantations?

They beat them if they work too slowly. Is isn't safe. They are taken from their families. They get no education. Sometimes they can't speak the same language.

13. Define a bulk-reducing industry and give examples. Define a bulk-gaining industry and give examples.

bulk reducing- An industry whose products decrease in size or weight during manufacturing. Ex: Automobile manufacturing bulk gaining- An industry whose products increase in size or weight during manufacturing. Ex: Soft drink bottling

30. Where are you likely to find most public services?

cities

14. Why would Honda place a car plant in the United States?

to decrease the cost of shipping the car parts to the United States and better for distribution.

15. List and describe the 4 types of transportation used in industry.

• Train- used to ship longer distances • Truck- most used for short distance travel • Ship- slow, but very low cost • Air- most expensive, but very fast