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1 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Define it Site Or Situation Name the country Terms and Facts Uh, please clarify …..

2 Cottage Industry

3 Home-based, small scale industry

4 Why was the IR such a revolution for humanity?

5

6 Break-of-bulk point

7 Location where transfer from one mode of transportation to another (port)

8 Maquiladora

9 US-owned industries with factories across the border in Mexico

10 Outsourcing

11 When companies take advantage of low-wage LDC workers to do low-skilled labor

12 You are Pepsi Co. and need to consider proximity to market

13 Situation

14 Your Aluminum business has to be near reliable electricity

15 Site

16 Your branch of IBM needs access to highly skilled workers

17 Site

18 Local banks in Dhaka give loans to local women to start small- businesses

19 Site (access to capital)

20 Bulk-reducing industry of copper needs to be close to the mines.

21 Situation

22 This country has far surpassed all others in the steel industry in the last decades

23 China

24 The Industrial Revolution began in this country… In what century? (yes name both)

25 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!

26 Name the 2 Latin American countries that lead industy in that region.

27 Mexico and Brazil

28 Many industries relocated to the southern region in this country to access low-wage workers in the 20 th century textile industry

29 USA

30 Name the BRIC countries

31 Brazil Russia India China

32 Industry that has parts of its business in many countries

33 Transnational corporation

34 Textiles is a labor intensive industry- define both words

35 Textiles– fabric industry labor intensive— many workers needed

36 This requires a factory to maintain an “open shop,” meaning that workers aren’t required to join a union.

37 right-to-work laws

38 Distinguish between point and non-point water pollution

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40 In North America, where is industry clustered? What specifically is the industry from Cleveland- Pittsburgh ?

41 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)

42 Fordist v. Post- Fordist

43 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.

44 Interregional v. Intraregional relocation of industry

45 Interregional- relocating to an entirely new region (NY-Austin) Intraregional- relocating to a new site within the same region (Austin- Pflugerville)

46 Bulk-reducing v. bulk-gaining

47 Bulk-gaining industry= your final product outweighs its input Bulk-reducing=your input outweighs your final product

48 What exactly is the New International Division of Labor

49 When industrial firms employ workers in LDC’s for low-skilled jobs and workers in MDC’s for high-skilled ones (outsourcing too)

50 Site v.Situation factors one more time

51 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


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