APHG Ch. 11- Industry Ver. 2

Where do you put your factory if...

the cost of transporting raw materials exceeds the cost of transporting the finished product.

• As close as possible to the inputs

• As close as possible to the markets

• As close as possible to the labor

• As close as possible to a break-of-bulk point.

Where do you put your factory if...

the cost of transporting the finished product exceeds the cost of transporting raw materials.

• As close as possible to the inputs

• As close as possible to the markets

• As close as possible to the labor

• As close as possible to a break-of-bulk point.

Bulk-Gaining or Bulk-Reducing?

Copper Mining

• Bulk-Gaining

• Bulk-Reducing

Bulk-Gaining or Bulk-Reducing?

Beverages

• Bulk-Gaining

• Bulk-Reducing

Site factors include...

• land

• labor

• capital

• transportation

The most important site factor

• land

• labor

• capital

• transportation

In Europe, the government plays a much heavier role in interregional shifts in manufacturing when compared to the U.S.

• True

• False

You live in a "Right to Work" state if your state...

• has mandatory union memberships

• bans unions

• bans mandatory union memberships

The most important transportation improvement in the 18th Century-

Which has more flexibility for workers?

• Fordism

• Post-Fordism