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Ch.11 Geography Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the United Kingdoms dominate world production in? | steel and textiles during the nineteenth century |
| China has the world's largest supply of what? | low-cost labor and the world's largest market for many consumer products. |
| What is true of an industrial location? | a manufacturer tries to locate its factory as close as possible to both buyers and sellers |
| What is bulk-reducing? | an industry in which the inputs weigh more than the final products |
| What is the city that during the mid-nineteenth century, the US steel industry concentrated around due to proximity to iron-ore and coal mines? | Pittsburgh |
| The shift of world manufacturing to new industrial regions can be seen most clearly in the manufacturing of what? | steel |
| The US, France and Italy are major global powerhouses in what? | car assembly |
| It is estimated that _______ percent of the world's final assembly plants are controlled by 10 car makers. | 60 |
| The world's three major industrial regions house _____percent of the world's final assembly plants, including 40 percent on East Asia, 25 percent in Europe and 15 percent in North America. | 80 |
| The share of US sales accounted for by "the Detroit ________" has declined from 75 percent in 1995 to 45 percent in 2010. | three (3) |
| These are clustered in the interior of the US near their major customers, the final assembly plants. | plants that manufacture car parts |
| Ships are usually attractive for what? | very long distances because the cost per kilometer is very low |
| Trucks are most often used for what? | short-distance delivery because they can be loaded and unloaded quickly and cheaply |
| What is break-of-bulk point ? | a location where transfer among transportation modes is possible |
| Labor intensive industries are ones in which__________ | wages and other compensation paid to employees constitute a high percentage of expenses |
| Textiles is a prominent examples of and industry that generally requires__________ | less-skilled, low-cost workers |
| In the late nineteenth century what type of mills were built around Cleveland, Detroit and Toledo? | steel mills |
| What is an example of a single market manufacturer? | an airplane parts manufacturer adjacent to airplane manufacturing companies |
| Give an example of a bulk-gaining manufacturing | a beverage bottling plant |
| What is an industry that was not directly impacted by the onset of the Industrial Revolution? | electronics |
| What jobs have been shifting jobs within the United States from North and East to the South and West | manufacturing jobs |
| Brazil, Russia, India, and China are expected to dominate global____________ | manufacturing during the twenty-first century |
| What are usually reserved for speedy delivery of small-bulk, high-value packages? | Airplanes |
| ___________________assembly plans account for around 30 percent of the value of the vehicles that bear their names, with 70 percent coming from outsource, independent parts makers. | car makers' |
| What are assembled into four main types of products, carpets, garments, and home products? | textiles |
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