Name Date Period Unit 6 - Chapters 11 & 12 INDUSTRY & SERVICES Test Review 1) Approximately 75% of the world's industrial production is concentrated in which four regions? 2) The Industrial Revolution began in which country? 3) The Industrial Revolution originated in approximately which year? 4) Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the distribution of industry was. 5) The industry system involved manufacturing in the home. 6) The main source of power for steam engines and blast ovens is produced from. 7) The most important transportation improvement in the eighteenth century was the. 8) The first industries to increase production through extensive use of the steam engine were and. 9) The major contribution made by the chemical industry to the textile industry was. 10) The Industrial Revolution in Europe diffused from to. north, south, east, or west? north, south, east, or west? 11) Name 3 of Europe's principal industrial areas. 12) Proximity to European consumers is the most significant industrial asset of which region? 13) The growth of manufacturing was retarded in the United States during the nineteenth century primarily because of from. 14) Eastern North America is the continent's manufacturing center in part because it has access to the continent's markets. 15) Today, New England's most significant industrial asset is its labor force. 16) Today, the most significant industrial asset of the Western Great Lakes region is its access to the nation's network. 17) Proximity to Russian consumers is the most significant industrial asset of which region? 18) Russian manufacturers were more likely than American manufacturers to locate near.
19) In order to become a major industrial power, Japan has had to overcome what main problem? 20) A copper concentration mill tends to locate near a copper mine b/c it is a industry. 21) Copper concentration that type of industry, because. 22) Situation costs are critical to a firm which wishes to minimize transport costs. 23) The U.S. steel industry moved westward in the nineteenth century primarily because of better access to. 24) Recently, the share of U.S. steel production concentrated in the southern Lake Michigan area has increased, primarily because of access to. 25) Minimills are more likely than integrated steel mills to select locations because of access to. 26) The location of a maquiladora plant is a good example of the importance of factors. 27) Producers of automobiles select locations primarily because of access to markets. 28) Since 1980, new U.S. automobile assembly plants have been built in the, to minimize national distribution costs. 29) The lowest-cost form of transporting goods very long distances is. 30) A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near. 31) Name 3 significant site factors: 32) Beer bottling is an example of a industry. 33) Compared to other industries, aluminum manufacturers are more likely to locate near sources of. 34) What industries are most dependent on low-cost labor? 35) A manufacturer of women's and children's underwear is more likely than a manufacturer of electronic computing equipment to locate in what region of the United States? 36) A manufacturer of women's and children's underwear is more likely than a manufacturer of electronic computing equipment to attempt to minimize the cost of. 37) The production of what type of industry is most likely to be located in less developed countries? 38) Industrial areas outside North America and Europe have become increasingly important in recent years primarily because of factors. 39) Demand for many industrial goods in more developed countries has been stagnant in recent years, in part because of.
40) Steel production has declined during the 1980s and 1990s most rapidly in which country? 41) By subsidizing industries such as steel and textile, governments contribute to the global problem of. 42) The principal asset of steel mills in Europe compared to the United States is access to government. 43) Increased global industrial capacity is primarily a result of: 44) The biggest industrial challenge for more developed countries is. 45) The biggest industrial challenge for former communist countries is. 46) The biggest industrial challenge for less developed countries is. 47) Transnational corporations have transferred some work to less developed countries because of access to. 48) In contrast to Fordist production, Post-Fordist production is more likely to introduce. 49) The main impact of the growth of regional trading blocs is increased among countries within trading blocs. 50) The new international division of labor reflects the growing importance for industrial location of factors. 51) The area of the city where retail and office activities are clustered is the. 52) Retail activities which tend to concentrate in the CBD include those which have for office workers. 53) The CBD attracts offices primarily because of its. 54) Land values are high in the CBD primarily because of competition for. 55) As a result of high land costs, the American CBD is characterized by construction of. 56) What activity tends to locate on the street-level floor of a skyscraper in a typical North American CBD? 57) European CBDs are similar to those in North America because they contain both and activities. 58) A land use typically excluded from a North American CBD is. 59) transportation is better suited for commuting to the CBD primarily because each traveler takes up less space. 60) Because so few people live in the CBD, urban areas are characterized by a high degree of commuting. 61) What are cultural reasons for establishing a settlement?
62) The most important religious reason for the origin of settlements was a place to. 63) The most important political reason for the origin of settlements was a place to. 64) Economic reasons for settlements include which of the following? 65) Residents of rural settlements are more likely than residents of urban areas to work in. 66) Rural settlements differ from urban settlements primarily according to which type of activity? 67) A place where farm buildings, homes, and churches are found close together is what kind of settlement? 68) Most people in the world live in what type of settlement? 69) The French long-lot system was developed primarily because of need for access to a. 70) The most significant impact on the rural landscape of Great Britain's enclosure movement was to encourage. 71) The most significant anticipated benefit of the enclosure movement was to promote. 72) Clustered rural settlements were most common in which region of colonial America? 73) The plantation was a common form of rural settlement in which region of colonial America? 74) The fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century D. brought about what change in urban settlements? 75) The typical medieval European urban settlements were characterized by the placement of buildings around a. 76) The city-state is an example of a state dominated by its. 77) Banking is an example of what kind of service? 78) Producer services provide what kind of services? 79) The area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is the. 80) The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is. 81) The minimum number of people needed to support a service is. 82) In a linear community, the best location for a service is the. 83) According to the model, the potential use of a service at a location is related directly to population and inversely to distance.
84) The geometric pattern which geographers use to represent market areas is a. 85) settlements are typically less numerous and farther apart. Larger or smaller? 86) If a country follows the rank-size rule, if the largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants, how many people live in the fifth largest city? 87) If a country's largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants and the second largest city has 200,000 inhabitants, the country follows what distribution? 88) Why is the absence of a rank-size distribution significant in a country like Romania? 89) A market area is a good example of what kind of region? 90) A firm that sells its products primarily to consumers outside its settlement is a industry. 91) Attracting a new basic industry is important to a community, primarily because it stimulates industries. 92) The hierarchical organization of settlements by size is known as the. 93) A city is at least twice as large as the next smaller city. 94) A central place is a center. 95) Give 3 good examples of non-basic economic activities: (And NO, I do not mean Basic as in, Oh, that white girl in her Uggs just bought a pumpkin spice latte! ) 96) One of the most important basic activities in the southern Great Lakes region is of goods. 97) Producer services cluster in disproportionately large numbers in cities. 98) There are four levels of cities in the hierarchy of world cities based on their roles in global services. Which pair contains a type that is not included in this model? 99) What are three factors that directly influence the economic base of a settlement? 100) Which rural settlement pattern is thought to be more efficient for more developed countries?