Industry Review

In the 18th century, textile production in Britain shifted from being produced in individual homes to being mass produced in the city. This was a shift from

• Cottage industry to factories

• Stay-at-home industry to the industrial revolution

Which are examples of bulk-reducing industry?

• Copper

• Steel

• Beverage Production

• Houses

Which jobs are part of the primary economic sector?

• CEOs of businesses

• A research analyst

• Rice farmer

• Meat processing factory worker

Farming, mining, fishing, and forestry are all considered to be

• Primary Economic Activities
• Secondary Economic Activities
• Tertiary Economic Activities
• Quaternary Economic Activities

According to Alfred Weber, which one of the following costs of production is the most important factor in locating a new industry?

• Labor
• Transportation
• Raw Materials
• Agglomeration Costs

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

• Factory
• Consumer Products 
• Raw materials 
• Break-of-bulk Point

Soda bottling is an example of a

• perishable industry.

• labor intensive industry.

• bulk-gaining industry.

• communications-oriented industry.

Where was the hearth of the Industrial revolution? 

• Germany
• USA
• Russia
• England

Why do most restaurants clump together in shopping malls and on busy street corners?

• Agglomeration

• Ease of Access

• More Capital

• Laws of Location

Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing? 

• An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
• An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost 
• A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company. 
• An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies