WARM-UP
What is the global division of labor?
Why was the steam engine and coal so impactful in the
Industrial Revolution?
What encouraged the diffusion of the Industrial Revolution?
WHY ARE FACTORIES
LOCATED WHERE THEY
ARE?
What is the goal of any factory?
Profit = Price - Costs
Geographers try to explain why one location may prove more
profitable for a factory than others.
SCAVENGER HUNT
As pods, you will receive 1 question to thoroughly answer on
your answer sheet.
Write the question on your response sheet
Each response MUST be complete (define terms/explain) EX.
Answer= Koala Bear  tell me what a Koala Bear is
(Marsupial that lives in Australia and lives in trees).
1 person from the group will show me the groups response…
once they receive approval (my stamp) the group will receive
their 2nd question and so on…
1st pod that completes the scavenger hunt first will receive 2
extra credit points!
HAVE FUN AND MAY THE ODDS BE FOREVER IN YOUR
FAVOR!
BONUS QUESTIONS!
What is friction of distance?
What is a footloose industry? Examples?
MUDDY WATERS
What idea/concept did you not understand from today’s
lesson OR would like to review?
#1
What two geographic costs do companies ordinarily face?
#2
Because the farther something is transported, the higher the
cost, a manufacturer tries to locate its factory as close as
possible to what?
#3
What are some examples of inputs used by industries?
#4
What is a bulk-reducing industry? Where do bulk-reducing
industries locate to minimize costs?
#5
For what types of industry is proximity to markets especially
critical?
#6
What is a bulk-gaining industry? Where do they tend to
locate?
#7
Why is beverage production an example of a bulk-gaining
industry?
#8
What is just-in-time delivery?
#9
Besides food products, what is an example of a perishable
product?
#10
What are the four ways that inputs and products are
transported?
#11
What is a break-of-bulk point?
#12
What are the three site factors that may vary among
locations?
#13
What is a labor-intensive industry?