Define it Site Or Situation Name the country Terms and Facts Uh, please clarify …..
Cottage Industry
Home-based, small scale industry
Why was the IR such a revolution for humanity?
Break-of-bulk point
Location where transfer from one mode of transportation to another (port)
Maquiladora
US-owned industries with factories across the border in Mexico
Outsourcing
When companies take advantage of low-wage LDC workers to do low-skilled labor
You are Pepsi Co. and need to consider proximity to market
Situation
Your Aluminum business has to be near reliable electricity
Site
Your branch of IBM needs access to highly skilled workers
Site
Local banks in Dhaka give loans to local women to start small- businesses
Site (access to capital)
Bulk-reducing industry of copper needs to be close to the mines.
Situation
This country has far surpassed all others in the steel industry in the last decades
China
The Industrial Revolution began in this country… In what century? (yes name both)
United Kingdom 18 th Century (that’s the 1700’s, but you know that now right? Please say you do, if not FIGURE IT OUT QUICKLY!
Name the 2 Latin American countries that lead industy in that region.
Mexico and Brazil
Many industries relocated to the southern region in this country to access low-wage workers in the 20 th century textile industry
USA
Name the BRIC countries
Brazil Russia India China
Industry that has parts of its business in many countries
Transnational corporation
Textiles is a labor intensive industry- define both words
Textiles– fabric industry labor intensive— many workers needed
This requires a factory to maintain an “open shop,” meaning that workers aren’t required to join a union.
right-to-work laws
Distinguish between point and non-point water pollution
In North America, where is industry clustered? What specifically is the industry from Cleveland- Pittsburgh ?
Historically textiles(today highly skilled workers) Foreign markets/ imported raw materials (sea access) STEEL Convergence of transportation( air,rail, road. Automobile industry Hydroelect ric power from Niagra Falls (Canada’s most successful region)
Fordist v. Post- Fordist
Fordist-mass production where each worker’s task is repeated all day long Post-Fordist- new style production with flexible work rules. Workers put on teams who perform a variety of tasks.
Interregional v. Intraregional relocation of industry
Interregional- relocating to an entirely new region (NY-Austin) Intraregional- relocating to a new site within the same region (Austin- Pflugerville)
Bulk-reducing v. bulk-gaining
Bulk-gaining industry= your final product outweighs its input Bulk-reducing=your input outweighs your final product
What exactly is the New International Division of Labor
When industrial firms employ workers in LDC’s for low-skilled jobs and workers in MDC’s for high-skilled ones (outsourcing too)
Site v.Situation factors one more time
Site- location factor related to cost of production inside the plant (land, labor, capital) Situation- location factor related to transfer of materials into and from the factory