AP Human Geography: Industry

What allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?

• NAFTA

• NATO

• ANSEAN

• HDI

• GDP

Which of the following is NOT a textile?

• Pants

• Blanket

• Shirt

• Wrapper

• Socks

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 

Alfred Weber's least cost theory explained location of industries of terms of the three factors of

• deglomeration, labor, and locational interdependence

• locational interdependence, variable revenue analysis, and transportation

• transportation, labor, and agglomeration

• raw materials, transportation, and agglomeration

• situation factors, site factora, and locational interdependence

Where was the hearth of the Industrial revolution?

• Germany

• USA

• Russia

• England

• Japan

Why does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant?

• Because Coca Cola is a bulk reducing industry

• Because Coca Cola is a bulk gaining industry

• Because Coca Cola is a footloose industry

• Because Coca Cola is a basic industry

• Because Coca Cola is cottage industry

Which resource has produced the most energy over the last 200 years?

• Uranium

• Coal

• Gas

• Oil

• Gasoline

In Britain, the proximity of what three things gave an unsurpassed advantage to the development of early industry?

• forests for charcoal, domestic markets, and iron ores

• an internal railroad system, cotton for textiles, and domestic markets

• coal fields, iron ores, and river ways

• good highways, coal fields, and coastal ports

• a large labor pool, electricity, and coal-powered ships

Producers of automobiles select assembly plant locations primarily for their closer access to

• government subsidies.

• raw materials

• water transportation.

• consumers

• international borders

1. Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to

• avoid skilled laborers.

• minimize production costs inside the plant.

• minimize transport costs.

• identify unique characteristics of a particular industry.

• outsource its manufacturing to a neighboring country