APHG Ch. 12.2 part 1 DeBlij

The increase in time and cost with distance is referred to as

• production costs.

• distribution costs.

• friction of distance.

• distance decay.

Which cost of Weber’s has changed the most today since his writing?

• agglomeration

• the location of raw materials.

• transportation.

• weight of products.

When Alfred Weber published his book Theory of the Location of Industries (1909), what did he select as the critical determinant of regional industrial location?

• availability of labor

• nearby markets

• costs of labor

• transportation costs

If a substantial number of enterprises all develop in, or move to, the same area the factor is called

• cluster.

• focus.

• agglomeration.

• intensity.

________________ involves keeping a small inventory for short-term production and new parts are shipped quickly as needed.

• Just in time delivery.

• Least Cost Theory.

• Fordist production.

• Global division of labor.

The largest producer of furniture in the world is located in _____________.

• North Carolina

• Sweden

• Amish country

• Germany

Mass production of standardized goods using assembly line techniques is referred to as:

• Fordist.

• manufacturing.

• global production.

• mass production.

Fast, flexible production of small lots with outsourcing around the world is referred to as:

• Fordist.

• post-Fordist.

• socialist.

• colonial production.

The type of manufacturing that is more likely to be located in peripheral countries is

• technical design.

• labor-intensive.

• low-labor needs.

• high-tech.

By 1990, the only American company that was making color television sets was

• Motorola.

• Zenith.

• General Electric.

• Toshiba.