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WorksheetsIndustry
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 8mins
The origin of industry was in ________________ in __________.
Great Britain: 1750
Great Britain: 1850
North America: 1750
North America: 1850
Cottage industry includes all of the following except
Small scale
assembly lines
Often family based
Home based
The Industrial Revolution brought all of the following except
Changes in agriculture
Changes in cars
Changes in culture
Changes in hygiene practices
Industrial regions of the world include all except
Europe
North America
East Asia
Africa
North American manufacturing regions include all except
Western Great Lakes
Southern New England
Pittsburgh
Rhine-Ruhr Valley
Western European manufacturing regions include all except
United Kingdom
Southern New England
Mid Rhine
Rhine-Ruhr Valley
Eastern Europe and Russian manufacturing regions include all except
Silesia
Eastern Ukraine
Northern Italy
Volga Region
Eastern Asian manufacturing regions include all except
Beijing
Shanghai
Tokyo
Malaysia
Emerging manufacturing regions include all except
Mexico
Brazil
China
South Korea
US industry is moving south and west from the "core" because of all the following except
Population growth
Right-to-work laws
Transportation changes
New markets
Manufacturing and industry will always try to
Choose the best location based on rational economic factors.
Create new and different products
Move to a port city for exports
Hire skilled workers
Industry is a
primary economic activity
secondary economic activity
quarternary economic activity
quinary economic activity
Advantages of Just-in-time delivery include all of the following except
Manufacturers no longer need parts or supply inventories
Manufacturers can have smaller factories
No need for warehouse space.
Costs for parts are cheaper
Disadvantages of Just-in-Time delivery include all of the following except
Traffic problems
power failures
High cost of parts
Labor unrest
Result from the unique characteristics of a location; land, labor, power & capital
Situation factors
Site factors
Proximity factors
Industry factors
Involve issues with transporting materials to and from a factory.
Situation factors
Site factors
Proximity factors
Industry factors
The most important site factor in a Labor-intensive industry
Labor
Land
Power
Capital
Industries that can locate essentially anywhere because costs are fixed are
online sellers
work-at-home businesses
Footloose
quarternary
“New International Division of Labor”
is outsourcing work to LDCs
is outsourcing work to MDCs
using skilled labor
too expensive to continue
“Fordist” / “Post-Fordist”
highly skilled, highly educated / assembly-line production
assembly-line production / highly skilled, highly educated
MDCs / LDCs
Core / Periphery
Textiles are considered
Labor intensive industry
Footloose industry
Primary industry
high tech industries
If an industry's outputs are heavy, bulky, or fragile, it is a _____________________ industry
Bulk Reducing
Bulk Gaining
Footloose
High tech
If an industry's inputs are heavy, bulky, or fragile, it is a _____________________ industry
Bulk Reducing
Bulk Gaining
Footloose
High tech
If an industry's outputs are heavy, bulky, or fragile, the factory should be placed
near the inputs
near the markets
exactly in the middle
on the railroad
If an industry's inputs are heavy, bulky, or fragile, the factory should be placed
on the railroad
exactly in the middle
near the markets
near the inputs
The highest cost of transporting goods is generally
Rail
Truck
Ship
Air
The lowest cost of transporting goods is generally
Rail
Truck
Ship
Air
Changing modes of transportation occurs at
Just-in-Time points
ports
high tech points
Break-of-Bulk points
Containerization
lessens cost of transportation
increases cost of transportation
reduces break-of-bulk points
increases break-of-bulk points
Alfred Weber's Location Theory looks at all of the following except
Labor
Transportation
Agglomeration
Spoilage
Problems in Industry in MDCs include all except
Stagnant demand
improved technology
increased competition
lack of infrastructure
Problems in Industry in LDCs include all except
distance from markets
lack of investment
increased competition
lack of infrastructure
What does the diagram depict?
Bulk gaining
Bulk reducing
Transportation
Break-of-Bulk point
What does the diagram depict?
Bulk gaining
Bulk reducing
Transportation
Break-of-Bulk point
Industrial diffusion in order is
UK, North America, Eastern Europe, East Asia
UK, Eastern Europe, North America, East Asia
North America, East Asia, Eastern Europe, UK
UK, East Asia, Eastern Europe, North America
The _______ is a measure of goods and services produced in a country in a year.
Gross National Product
Human Development Index
Purchasing-power parity
Intrinsic-Productivity index
In a right-to-work state, workers cannot
negotiate a contract with an employer without a union
be fired without proof of cause
be paid overtime for more than 40 hours of work a week
be forced to join a union as a condition of employment
Which cities are part of the "Rust Belt"?
St. Louis, Little Rock, Oklahoma City
Atlanta, Augusta, Knoxville
Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland
Houston, Dallas, Austin
Following the Industrial Revolution, which area did NOT have heavy industry?
North America
east Asia
Russia
northern Africa
All of the following are advantages of outsourcing except
it can take advantage of low cost overseas labor
it provides more flexibility for companies
it creates competitive market for parts and supplies
simplifies logistics of transportation of parts & products
Most products that are produced in Maquiladoras are mainly sent to consumers in which country?
Brazil
Mexico
United States
India
Just-in-time production is most associated with which manufacturing process?
Flexible production
Assembly line
Fordist
Tertiary
Term for places of economic activity deliberately organized around high growth industries?
Conurbation
Heartland Theory
Growth pole
Industrialization
Which stage of the DTM is most associated w/the industrialization of a country’s economy?
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Stage IV
Industry is most likely to outsource jobs to another country b/c of slight rise in labor costs?
Automobile assembly plant
High-tech research facility
Textile plant
Steel manufacturing
During the 1800's Industrial Revolution, the most important fuel source for manufacturing was
coal
oil
nuclear
hydro-electric
This region accounted for nearly 80% of the industrial output of the early Industrial Rev.
Eastern China
Australia
United States
Western Europe
Which of the following cities is the highest order financial center?
Singapore
London
Sidney
Chicago
Which country has the world's largest supply of low cost labor?
India
China
Japan
Vietnam
Which of the following is NOT one of the Four Asian Tigers?
Hong Kong
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan
