Industry and Development pg. 175 - 179

Many of Russia's industrial regions are connected through the use of

• United Russia Air

• Trans-Siberian Railroad

• rivers that run east to west across the country

• interlocking channels

Germany's Ruhr River area became Europe's greatest industrial complex because of its

• abundant supply of natural resources

• proximity to large markets

• accessible transportation

• all are correct

What allowed the United States to emerge as the world's strongest industrialized power in the mid-20th century?

• The industrial complex was along the California coast and it had easy access to ocean transportation

• The United States was had a large upper class that built factories.

• Europe's economy was weakened by World War I and II

• The Asian countries spent a majority of their assets on subsistence agriculture.

Chinese industrial areas are located along the

• coast

• rural inland

• near the border of India

• near the border of Mongolia and Russia

What was the first country in Eastern Asia to industrialize?

• North Korea

• South Korea

• China

• Japan

A number of U.S. companies have established plants in the zone to transform imported, duty-free components or raw materials into finished industrial products. These plants are called

• complexias

• maquiladoras

• dystopian complex

• call centers

1. The strategy of export-oriented industrialization to directly integrate their economies into the global economy was adopted by the

• Asian Tigers

• United States

• Central Powers

• Axis Powers

1. The primary industrial areas of the world exist within a _______ that stretches from North America, through Europe, southern Russia, China, South Korea and Japan.

• "23rd parallel"

• "prime meridian"

• "belt"

• "vertical line"

Why is global distribution of industry and development uneven?

• Historical patterns of development and colonization

• Current power relations among nations

• Geographical context

• all are correct

_________________ means that every country's industrial development is related to the global economy.

• Ingenuity

• Globalization

• Culturalization

• Factorization