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Rubenstein Ch 11 Reading Guide

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Industry: Key Issue 1 Where Did Industry Originate? Rubenstein, 342-349 1. Murray left Ohio for _____________ and then left there for _________________ Roadmaster left Ohio for __________________ and left there, and went to ______________ Huffy left Celina, Ohio in 1998 and moved to ___________, then to _____________ Where does Pacific Cycle contract to have bicycles made? ________________ Ohio Art Company moved to Bryan, Ohio, to _______________________ in 2000. Maytag moved production of its refrigerators from Galesburg, Ill, to __________________ in 2002. Carrier Corporation moved production of its refrigeration units from Syracuse, New York to ___________ in 2003. Hoover vacuum cleaners, once made in North Canton, Ohio, are now made by a _________ company.

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Geography?of?Industry?and?Services Major?Industrial?Regions?of?the?World?Before?1950:?Germany,?America,?USSR?(esp.?Ukraine), Japan,?and?China ?Main?determinants: ?Near?raw?materials ?Transportation?(creation?of?US?Interstate?system?in?the?1950s,?other?countries?followed, ?????????????planes)???>?Not?everything?had?to?be?regionalized?anymore ?But...additional?needs: ?Goods?and?capital ?Political?circumstances ?Economic?leadership ?Labor?costs ?Levels?of?education?and?training How?Do?Location?Theories?Explain?Industrial?Location? ?What?is?location?theory? ?Predicting?where?business?will?or?should?be?located ?Three?different?theories ?Factors?to?consider: ?Variable?costs ?Friction?of?distance LOCATION?MODELS: Weber?s?Model Hotelling?s?Model Losch?s?Model

Chapter 11 (Industry) AP Human Geography: The Cultural Landscape

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Nick D?Souza Period 5 Chapter 11 Study Guide Industry is concentrated in three main regions: - Europe, North America, East Asia, ( 3 main) Brazil, and India James Watt patented steam engine in 1769, maker of mathematical instruments in Glasgow, Scotland. Connections: 2 connections are critical in determining the best location for a factory where the markets for the product are located where the resources needed to make the product are located Industrial Revolution: began in the late 1700s in the U.K.; a series of improvements in industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing, heavily impacted the industries of iron, coal, transportation, textiles, chemicals, and food processing
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