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