Human Geography vocab words. Industry.
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| Alfred Weber | The maker of the steam engine.
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| Agglomeration | An extended city or town area that encompasses the urban area and any suburban area.
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| Assembly Line | A method that parts are placed into a product to make it faster and cheaper than any other methods.
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| Basic Industry | An industry that does not depend on any other industries.
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| Break-Of-Bulk Point | A location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.
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| Brownfield | Land previously used for industrial purposes.
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| Bulk-Gaining Industry | An industry that the final product weighs more or contains a higher volume than the inputs. (Build up.)
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| Bulk-Reducing Industry | An industry that the final product weighs less or contains a lower volume than the inputs. (Break Down.)
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| Capital | Money. The paramount of the industry trifecta.
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| Cottage Industry | Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found prior to the Industrial Revolution.
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| Deindustrialization | A social or economic change that happens when industry moves out of the area.
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| Economies of Scale | Reduction in cost per unit resulting from increased production.
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| Export Processing Zone | An area in a country where goods can go through a location without having to submit to customs.
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| Footloose Industry | An industry where it can move freely without much effect on prices.
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| Fordism | An economic and social system based on mass production.
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| Fordist Production | For of mass production in which each worker is assigned one specific task.
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| Hotelling Model | A process of extraction of a non-renewable resource.
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| Industrial Inertia | An event in which the local industry prefers the location even after crisis, such as when coal deposits run out.
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| Industrial Revolution | A series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods from agriculture.
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| Infrastructure | Basic structures that an area needs to function.
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| Labor-Intensive Industry | An industry for which labor costs comprise a high percentage of total expenses.
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| Least-Cost Theory | A theory in which states that have industry can minimize expenses.
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| Location Theory | The geographic location for economic activity.
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| Manufacturing Region | A region where manufacturing is prime.
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| Maquiladora | Factories built by U.S. companies in Mexico, near the U.S. border, to take advantage of low labor costs in Mexico.
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| Mass Production | Production of a product in mass or bulk.
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| Nonbasic Industry | An industry that requires other industries to support it.
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| Outsourcing | A decision by a corporation to turn over much of the responsibility for production to independent suppliers.
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| Primary Industry | An industry that deals with natural resources.
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| Raw Materials | A product extracted from the earth or naturally, without man-made components.
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| Site Factors | Location factors related to the cots of factors of production inside the plant, such as land, labor, and capital.
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| Situation Factors | Location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory.
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| Secondary Industry | An industry that deals with working of raw materials into and from a factory.
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| Substitution Priniciple | A principle in which a company tried to reduce it's damage to the environment wherever possible.
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| Textile | A fabric made by weaving; used in making clothes.
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| Varignon Frame | A model in which scientists use to determine an optimal location.
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