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APHG Where Is Industry Distributed?

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three industrial regions?

a)

East Asia, Europe, and North America.

b)

Africa, Asia, and South America.

c)

South America, North America, and Asia.

d)

Europe, Asia, and South America.

2.

The three regions accounts for roughly ________ of the world’s total industrial output.

a)

One-third

b)

One-half

c)

One-fourth

d)

One-fifth

3.

The Industrial Revolution originated where during the late eighteenth century?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Brazil

d)

Britain

4.

One of the major catalysts for the industrial revolution in England was

a)

Adam Smith's Wealth of a Nation.

b)

James Watt's steam engine.

c)

Henry Ford's assembly line.

d)

Steve Job's microprocessor.

5.

What is the first industry to benefit from Watt's Steam Engine?

a)

Iron

b)

Coal

c)

Wood

d)

Transportation

6.

What region was the first to industrialize during the nineteenth century?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

7.

What revolution is important in this key issue?

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Information Revolution

8.

What became the principal source of energy to operate ovens and the steam engines?

a)

Coal

b)

Wool

c)

Wood

d)

Iron

9.

Home-based manufacturing was known as the

a)

Cottage industry system

b)

Iron tool industry

c)

Textile Industry

d)

Food processing industry

10.

______ has the world's largest supply of low-cost labor which is a major industrial area in Asia

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

South Korea

d)

United Kingdom

11.

____________ was a cotton textile center in the early nineteenth century.

a)

New England

b)

Middle Atlantic

c)

Mohawk Valley

d)

Pittsburgh-Lake Erie

12.

Outside these three regions, the leading industrial producers are

a)

Afghanistan and Belgium

b)

Brazil and Chad

c)

Chile and China

d)

Brazil and India

13.

Most Improvements occurred first in the

a)

United Kingdom

b)

New England

c)

Japan

d)

Rhine-Ruhr Valley

14.

______ has emerged as the world's leading manufacturing country by most measures.

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

South Korea

d)

Urals

15.

In 1768, who invented machines to untangle cotton prior to spinning?

a)

Richard Arkwright

b)

John Roebuck

c)

Samuel Garbett

d)

Nicolas Appert