What are Brazil, Russia, India, and China?
BRIC countries
None of the above
Maquiladoras
Four Asian Tigers
Cities can cause pollution through a lot of what?
Labor-intensive industries
Right-To-Work Laws
Just in time manufacturing
Run-Off
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
France
China
Great Britain
United States
What supranational organization promotes free trade/open borders between it many members?
None of the above
EU
NAFTA
OPEC
What does Hotelling's Model state?
Spread industries as far as possible from eachother
None of the above
Locate your industry based on similar industry locations
You must locate your industry away from ethnic tensions
All of the following are examples of renewable energy except?
Solar
Wind
Nuclear Fission
Hydroelectric
What region used to be a major steel producer in the United States?
Mid-Atlantic Region
Sun Belt
Silicon Valley
Rust Belt
When did the Industrial Revolution begin?
15th century
Late 18th Century
17th century
21st century
Outsourced industrial production in less developed countries often rely on female labor due to
Women are not protected by international labor laws
Wage Rates are a lot lower for women than for men
Men being mainly engaged in agriculture
Social taboos stopping women from working in any services
What is a footloose industry?
An industry that produces DVD's of the movie "Footloose"
An industry that can have a wide range of locations
An industry that makes newspapers
An industry that has highly perishable products
Which two countries have 30% of the world's proven natural gas reserves?
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
China and Brazil
Iran and Qatar
United States and Canada
The Euro's diffusion is an example of...
Rostow's Model
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Where are the maquiladoras located?
Japan
U.S-Mexico Border
France-Germany Border
U.S-Canada Border
All of the following are a part of the four Asian Tigers/Dragons except
Singapore
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan
Post-Fordist production is when a person is assigned a specific task for manufacturing.
True
False
What are seaports and airports an important example of?
Space-time compression
Break-Of-Bulk Points
Maquiladoras
Right to work laws
How confident do you feel about the industry test?
Amost Ready
I'm Not Going To Survive!!!!!!!!!
Confident
Very Confident
A coffee shop and an ice-cream shop are often found on the same block. This is an example of
Deglomeration
An export-processing zone
Footloose Industries
Agglomeration
Christopher Columbus taking 40 days to cross the Atlantic Ocean to it now taking a week is...
Space-Time Compression
Uneven development
Distribution
Distance Decay
Which of the following countries produces the most woven cotton fabric?
United States
India
China
Egypt