Industrial Revolution

The cottage industry system involved manufacturing...

• of steam engines.
• of hand-made luxury goods.
• in the home. 
• in small factories.

Beer bottling is an example of a...

• bulk-gaining industry
• specialized industry
• perishable industry
• labor intensive industry

What Western European country has experienced the most rapid manufacturing growth the late 20th century?

• France
• Spain
• Germany
• Italy

Producers of automobiles select locations primarily because of access to...

• raw materials
• labor
• markets
• fluid capital

The lowest-cost form of transporting goods very long distances is by...

• boat
• train
• airplane
• truck

The most important transportation improvement in the 18th century was the...

• canal
• railroad
• steam engine
• automobile

Steel production has declined during the 1980s and 1990s most rapidly in...

• Russia
• Japan
• Europe
• United States

Significant site factors include all but which of the following...

• labor
• transportation
• capital
• land

A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near...

• break-of-bulk points.
• consumers.
• raw materials.
• suburbs.

The U.S. steel industry moved westward in the 19th century primarily because of better...

• labor 
• coal
• markets
• iron ore