Unit 7 APHG

A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.

• Maquiladora

• Break-of-bulk point

• Bulk-gaining industry

• Site factors

An industry in which the final product weighs more or comprises a greater volume than the inputs.

• Bulk-gaining industry

• Neoliberal industries

• Bulk-reducing industry

• Apparel

An industry in which the final product weighs less or comprises a lower volume than the inputs.

• Just-in-time delivery

• Bulk-gaining industry

• Bulk-reducing industry

• Right-to-work law

A form of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task to preform repeatedly

• Post-Fordist production

• Break-of-bulk

• Maquiladora Production

• Fordist Production

A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

• New international division of labor

• Break of bulk points

• NAFTA

• Industrial Revolution

Shipment of parts and materials to arrive at a factory moments before they are needed

• Just-in-time delivery

• Labor-intensive industry

• Just-in-case delivery

• Bulk-reducing industry

Transfer of some types of jobs, especially those requiring low-paid, less-skilled workers, from more developed to less developed countries.

• Multiplier Effect

• Agglomeration

• Industrialization

• New International Division of Labor

Which of the following regions are primary industrial regions? 

• Western and Central Europe 
• Eastern North America 
• Russia,Ukraine and Eastern Asia

• All of the above

The five stages of growth experienced by countries who ascribe to the international trade approach to economic development; namely, traditional society, preconditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption.

• Rostow's Stages of Growth Model

• Wallerstein's World Systems

• Demographic Transition Model

• Development Transition Model

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

• government subsidies.
• raw materials
• water transportation.
•  labor markets.