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AP HuGs Chapter 12
AP Human Geography review for chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nike, headquartered in Oregon, employs thousands of people in that state. What percentage are employed in shoe manufacturing/assembly? | 0% |
| In Britain, their proximity to what things gave an unsurpassed advantage to the development of early industry? | Coal Fields, iron ore, railroads, ports, money |
| The Ruhr industrial area is connected to its port by | Rhine River |
| The relocation of industry to cities like Paris and London was facilitated by | Railroads |
| The increase in time and cost with distance is referred to as | Friction of Distance |
| In Losch's Model, the zone of profitability for a business is marked by: | High income, lost cost |
| When Alfred Weber published his book Theory of the Location of Industries (1909), what did he select as the critical determinant of regional industrial location? | Transportation Costs |
| If a substantial number of enterprises all develop in, or move to, the same area the factor is called | Agglomeration |
| Hotelling's location analysis emphasized the role of | Locational Interdependence |
| Industrialization occurred along an axis from Northern France through North-Central Germany to Czech Republic and South Poland. This axis correlates with ____ as a locational factor. | Coal Fields |
| Europe's greatest industrial complex is the | Ruhr Region |
| Manufacturing in North America began in ___ as early as late colonial times. | New England |
| New York City, like other large urban centers with great port, is call a break of bulk location because | Transported goods can be transferred to other transportation methods to get them where they need to go. Ex. barge to truck |
| This area is one of Russia's oldest manufacturing centers. | St. Petersburg |
| After World War 1, this region produced about 90 percent of the coal needed to help the then Soviet Union industrialize. | Ukraine |
| Japan's dominant industrial region is the | Konto Plain |
| Mass production of standardized goods using assembly line techniques is referred to as | Fordist |
| Fast, flexible production with outsourcing around the world is referred to as: | Post-Fordist |
| The type of manufacturing that is more likely to be located in peripheral countries is | Labor intensive |
| In 2008, Saudi Arabia and ___ were the world's two largest oil producers | Russia |
| Television research and design takes place in | Core Regions |
| During the 1970's, US television manufacturers began to move productions "offshore" to places such as special zones on the Mexican border called | Maquiladoras |
| The second largest industrial district in China developed around _____, China's largest city. | Shanghai |
| Service industries are commonly referred to as ___ industries. | Tertiary |
| People working in the ____ sector of the economic activity tend to have high levels of specialized knowledge or technical skills. | Quaternary |
| The most important locational factor for the service sector is the | Market |
| Fayetteville, Arkansas has become a ____ because of Wal-Mart. | Growth Pole |
| High-technology corridors have sprung up in the global economic core. The resulting collection of high-tech industries has been called a technopole. A similar concentration has appeared around the city of ___ | Boston |
| Technopoles tend to locate near _____. | Places of research and development |
| Where did the Industrial Revolution originate? | Great Britain |
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