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Industry Questions and Thinking Geographically
Key Issue #1
1. Where did the modern concept of Industry originate? How did it diffuse? (WHAT TYPE)
2. What is a cottage industry?
3. What is the Industrial Revolution? What was the catalyst for it?
4. What were the first six industries to be impacted by the IR?
5. For the following list:
Location
Rhine –Ruhr Valley
Po Basin
Urals
Continent and Country
Industry
Silesia
Mohawk Valley
Pittsburgh-Lake Erie
SE Ontario
S. Korea
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There are more listed in the book, the above are the ones most commonly asked about on the AP exam
Key Issue #2
6. What are inputs?
7. What type of industry would want to be located closer to inputs? Why?
8. What type of industry would want to be located closer to the markets? Why?
9. Why are metallic minerals important? What is the difference between a ferrous and non-ferrous metal?
10. Give two examples of a bulk-reducing industry and two examples of a bulk-gaining industry not listed in the
book. (THINK)
11. What are the four types of transportation available for the movement of goods? What is each predominately
used for?
12. For Copper where is it best to be located? Why?
13. Why has the distribution changed dramatically in the last 150 plus years? (OFTEN ON AP EXAM)
14. Worldwide how has the steel industry changed? (OFTEN ON AP EXAM)
15. How has motor vehicle production changed in the last 100 years in terms of location?
16. What are the three traditional site factors? Give a brief explanation of each.
17. What is a labor-intensive industry? How is it different from a high-wage industry?
18. Contemporary factories operate most efficiently when laid out in what? Why?
19. Where did Honda select as its new location for a plant? Why?
20. What are textiles and apparel? Today where are most of these industries located?
Key Issue #3
21. Give a definition and an example for the following:
a. Air pollution
b. Solid waste pollution
c. Water pollution
22. Explain the climate situation in Kiribati. How is it connected to industry?
23. How might sustainable agriculture practices help to improve water quality? (THINK)
Key Issue #4
24. Where has industry moved to (mainly) in the U.S.? Why?
25. Where has industry moved to (mainly) in Europe? Why?
26. What is the New International Division of Labor? How is outsourcing connected?
27. What is NAFTA?
28. Is NAFTA beneficial or hurtful to the U.S economy? Explain. (THINK)
29. What is a maquiladora? What has led to an increase in maquiladoras? (OFTEN ON AP EXAM)
30. What are the four countries included in BRIC? What is it? (OFTEN ON AP EXAM)
31. Should South Africa be included in BRIC? Why or Why not.
32. What is Fordist production? What is post-Fordist production? (OFTEN ON AP EXAM)
33. What are the pros and cons of just-in-time delivery?
34. What three disruptions can be related to just-in-time delievery?
35. What car had both the highest % of American parts and the highest % of American assembly?