AP Human Geography Unit 6 - Manufacturing and Services

The Rust Belt is to the united States as the _______ is to China.

Northeast District

____________ has the title of Special Administrative District, which gives it a great deal of autonomy.

Hong Kong

The Rust Belt is to the united States as the _______ is to China.

Northeast District

____________ has the title of Special Administrative District, which gives it a great deal of autonomy.

Hong Kong

Industry diffusing to Western Europe involved, as in Britain, the locational criteria: coalfields, water communication, and _______.

ports

In which major world manufacturing country does industry NOT lie near sources of raw material?

Japan

___________ are considered secondary industrial hearths.

Northeast North America and western Russia

The second largest industrial district in China developed around _________, China's largest city.

Shanghai

New York City, like other large urban centers with great ports, is called a break of bulk location because _______.

transported cargo can be transferred from one kind of carrier to another

After WW1, this region produced much of the coal needed to help the then Soviet Union industrialize:

Ukraine

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

Fayetteville, Arkansas has become a ________ because of Wal-Mart

growth pole

On August 15, 2010 ___________ surpassed Japan as the world's second largest economy.

China

Who actually laid the groundwork for the colonial expansion of Europe?

Europe's commercial companies

Service industries are commonly referred to as ___________ industries.

tertiary

The type of manufacturing that is more likely to be located in peripheral countries is ____________.

labor-intensive

People working in the __________ sector of economic activity tend to have high levels of specialized knowledge or technical skills.

quaternary

______________ involves keeping a small inventory for short-term production and new parts are shipped quickly as needed

Just in time delivery

Current amounts of goods and resources moving in the global system would be impossible without the invention of ________.

Container systems

IN the early 18th century, British textiles were manufactured _____________.

in large urban factories

If a substantial number of enterprises all develop in, or move to, the same area the factor is called _______________.

agglomeration

Mass production of standardized goods using assembly line techniques is referred to as:

Fordist

Television research and design takes place in the ___________.

Core area

The Ruhr industrial area is connected to the port of Rotterdam by _______________.

the Rhine River

The increase in time and cost with distance is referred to as ______________.

friction of distance

The relocation of industry to cities like Paris and London was facilitated by _____________.

development of railroads

Over 50% of the goods entering Europe come through two ports in _____________.

Netherlands

Between 1940 and the early 1960s, China's industrial growth was aided by ______________.

Soviet planners

Technopoles tend to locate near _____________.

centers of research and development (major research universities)

Which cost of Weber's has changed the most today since his writing?

transportation

What advantages does India have that signal continued economic growth?

all of the above

Fast, flexible production of small lots with outsourcing around the world is referred to as:

post-Fordist

In Britain, the proximity of what three things gave an unsurpassed advantage to the development of early industry?

coal fields, iron ores, and coastal ports

The most important locational factor for the service sector is _______________.

market