Industry/Manufacturing

Look at the graph to answer the question.

Which is a reason the population in these three cities changed between 1870 and 1920?

• Free farmland was provided to settlers.

• Many men went overseas to fight in wars.

• New industries provided jobs for people.

• Fewer immigrants moved to these areas.

Which factor did NOT contribute to the industrial growth in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century?

• rapid population growth

• high level of immigration

• the use of indentured servants

• rural to urban migration

What caused people to move into cities during the early 1900s?

• Farm work became more difficult.

• There was steady employment in factories.

• Transportation became more expensive.

• American farmers could not compete with exports.

Define the economic term "location."

• the area

• the site of the prospective business

• a geographical area

• none of the above

Economic influences on location is:

• those factors that affects average cost directly.

• those factors that do not directly affects cost

• The government

• None of the above

Non Economic influences on location is:

• those factors that affects average cost directly.

• those factors that do not directly affects cost

• transportation

• None of the above

In early days of industrialisation, coalfields were the most important factor in determining location because:

• transportation cost were higher taking the goods to the market

• availability of labour near coalfields

• transportation cost were higher taking the raw materials to a business

• none of the above

Which of the following is a reason to locate near to the market?

• if raw materials were bulky

• if there are linkage industries

• if the finish product is fragile

• All of the above

Which of the following is a reason to locate near to the source of raw materials?

• if raw materials were bulky

• if there are linkage industries

• if the finish product is fragile

• All of the above

Which of the following is a reason to locate near to labour?

• if raw materials were bulky

• if there are linkage industries

• if the finish product is fragile

• If skilled labour is scarce for the product