Contemporary Human Geography, 2e (Rubenstein)
Chapter 11 Industry
1) The term cottage industries was used to refer to
A) industries located exclusively in rural areas.
B) industries that produced only cheeses and other foods.
C) home-based manufacturing.
D) village-based manufacturing.
E) the collaboration between village and city manufacturing.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 11.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.8.2: Identify the steps in textile production that are most likely to be found in a developed country and explain why that might be.
2) Which one of the following industries was not directly impacted by the onset of the Industrial Revolution?
A) coal
B) iron
C) transportation
D) textiles
E) tourism
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 11.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.1.1: Explain what is meant by the term "industrial revolution."
3) Which one of the following countries dominated world production of steel and textiles during the nineteenth century?
A) United Kingdom
B) Germany
C) France
D) United States
E) Russia
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 11.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10, 11, 12, 13
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.2.1: Identify the three regions where the majority of Earth's industrial production is located, noting when they industrialized and describing important characteristics of the subareas within them.
4) This is Russia's second largest city, specializing in shipbuilding and other industries serving Russia's navy and ports in the Baltic Sea.
A) Moscow
B) St. Petersburg
C) Volgograd
D) Vladivostok
E) Kiev
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 11.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10, 11, 12, 13
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.3.1: Explain what a situation factor is and how it contributes to determining the optimal location for a factory.
5) Which of the following countries has the world's largest supply of low-cost labor and the world's largest market for many consumer products?
A) Thailand
B) Russia
C) China
D) India
E) United States
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 11.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10, 11, 12, 13
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.2.1: Identify the three regions where the majority of Earth's industrial production is located, noting when they industrialized and describing important characteristics of the subareas within them.
6) This region was Europe's fastest-growing manufacturing area during the late twentieth century.
A) Northeastern Spain, centered on Barcelona
B) Western Portugal, centered on Lisbon
C) South-Central Germany, around Munich
D) Southern United Kingdom, near the English Channel
E) Western Russia, centered on Moscow
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section: 11.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.2.1: Identify the three regions where the majority of Earth's industrial production is located, noting when they industrialized and describing important characteristics of the subareas within them.
7) Which of the following regions in the United States is the country's largest center for clothing and textile
production?
A) Southern California (the Los Angeles region)
B) New England (the Boston region)
C) Middle Atlantic (New York City and its near suburbs)
D) Western Great Lakes (the Chicago region)
E) Southern Florida (the Miami region)
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 11.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.8.1: Describe the steps of textile production and explain what makes it a labor-intensive industry.
8) Which of the following regions in the United States is the country's second-largest furniture producer, and a major food-processing center?
A) The Los Angeles region
B) The Boston region
C) New York City
D) The Chicago region
E) The Miami region
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 11.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.9.1: Explain how the distribution of manufacturing in the United States has changed, and analyze the consequences of "right-to-work" laws.
9) Which of the following is not generally true of an industrial location?
A) The farther something is transported, the higher the cost.
B) A manufacturer tries to locate its factory as close as possible to both buyers and sellers.
C) If inputs, such as raw materials for production (metal ores, coal, water, etc.), are more expensive to transport than products, the optimal location for a factory is near the source of inputs.
D) If the cost of transporting the product to customers exceeds the cost of transporting inputs, then the optimal plant location is as close as possible to the customer.
E) If the cost of transporting the product to customers exceeds the cost of transporting inputs, then the optimal plant location is as close as possible to the source of raw materials.
Answer: E
Diff: 2
Section: 11.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.3.1: Explain what a situation factor is and how it contributes to determining the optimal location for a factory.
10) An industry in which the inputs weigh more than the final products is a
A) bulk-gaining industry.
B) bulk-reducing industry.
C) perishable industry.
D) situation-neutral industry.
E) none of the above
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 11.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.3.2: Explain what a bulk-reducing industry is and its relationship to cost of inputs and cost of transportation.
11) A beverage bottling plant would be an example of the which of the following?
A) bulk-gaining industry
B) bulk-reducing industry
C) perishable industry
D) situation-neutral industry
E) none of the above
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 11.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.3.2: Explain what a bulk-reducing industry is and its relationship to cost of inputs and cost of transportation.
12) An airplane parts manufacturer adjacent to airplane manufacturing companies is an example of which of the following?
A) Single-market manufacturer
B) Divided-labor industry
C) Benevolence-dependent industry
D) Consolidated manufacturing industry
E) Just-in-time manufacturing
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 11.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.5.2: Describe the situation factors that explain the location of "auto alley" in the United States.
13) During the mid-nineteenth century, the U.S. steel industry concentrated around ______in an area proximate to iron-ore and coal mines.
A) Chicago
B) Boston
C) Pittsburgh
D) Cleveland
E) Buffalo
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 11.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.4.1: Describe how the optimal location for steel mills has changed in the United States through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, noting the reasons for those changes.
14) In the late nineteenth century, steel mills were built around all of the following except which one?
A) Detroit
B) Cleveland
C) Youngstown
D) Toledo
E) Atlanta
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 11.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.4.1: Describe how the optimal location for steel mills has changed in the United States through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, noting the reasons for those changes.
15) Most large U.S. steel mills built during the first half of the twentieth century were located in
A) communities around the Chicago River.
B) communities around the Mississippi River.
C) communities near the East and West coasts.
D) communities close to the ports of Louisiana.
E) communities in and around Pittsburgh.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 11.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.4.1: Describe how the optimal location for steel mills has changed in the United States through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, noting the reasons for those changes.
16) The shift of world manufacturing to new industrial regions can be seen most clearly in the manufacture of
A) steel.
B) prefab housing.
C) beverages.
D) canned foods.
E) pharmaceuticals.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 11.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.4.2: Explain how the worldwide steel industry has restructured and identify the cause of that change.
Figure 11.4.4
17) Looking at Figure 11.4.4, which of the following countries had the highest steel production in 1980?
A) Argentina
B) Russia
C) China
D) United States
E) Brazil
Answer: D
Diff: 3
Section: 11.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.4.2: Explain how the worldwide steel industry has restructured and identify the cause of that change.
18) Looking at Figure 11.4.4, which of the following countries had the highest steel production in 2010?
A) Argentina
B) Russia
C) China
D) United States
E) Brazil
Answer: C
Diff: 3
Section: 11.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.4.2: Explain how the worldwide steel industry has restructured and identify the cause of that change.
19) There are approximately fifty ______in the United States.
A) final assembly plants for spacecraft
B) assembly plants for automobile parts
C) final assembly plants for vehicles
D) assembly plants for computer parts
E) Chinese-owned automobile companies
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 11.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.5.2: Describe the situation factors that explain the location of "auto alley" in the United States.
20) Which of the following is not a major global powerhouse in car assembly?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) France
D) United States
E) Spain
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 11.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.5.1: Describe the global distribution of production facilities in the automobile industry.
21) It is estimated that sixty percent of the world's final assembly plants are controlled by ______carmakers.
A) 3
B) 6
C) 10
D) 15
E) 20
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 11.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.5.1: Describe the global distribution of production facilities in the automobile industry.
22) The world's three major ______house 80 percent of the world's final assembly plants, including 40 percent in East Asia, 25 percent in Europe, and 15 percent in North America.
A) industrial regions
B) river valleys
C) manufacturing cities
D) cultural regions
E) industrialized countries
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 11.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.5.1: Describe the global distribution of production facilities in the automobile industry.
23) Carmakers' assembly plants account for around ______percent of the value of the vehicles that bear their names, with ______percent coming from outsourced, independent parts makers.
A) 10, 90
B) 20, 80
C) 30, 70
D) 50, 50
E) 60, 40
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 11.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.5.1: Describe the global distribution of production facilities in the automobile industry.
24) The share of U.S. sales accounted for by the Detroit 3 has declined from ______percent in 1995 to ______percent in 2010
A) 95, 85
B) 100, 50
C) 75, 45
D) 70, 10
E) 30, 25
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 11.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.5.1: Describe the global distribution of production facilities in the automobile industry.
25) Which of the following is true of plants that manufacture car parts in the United States?
A) They are all foreign owned.
B) They are clustered around the Northeast, to be closer to their markets.
C) They are clustered around major seaports, for easy shipment of their products overseas.
D) They are clustered in the interior of the U.S. near their major customers, the final assembly plants.
E) They are clustered around major metropolitan centers like Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 11.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 9, 10, 11, 12
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 11.5.2: Describe the situation factors that explain the location of "auto alley" in the United States.
26) Which of the following modes of transportation are usually reserved for speedy delivery of small-bulk, high-value packages?
A) airplanes
B) ships
C) trains
D) trucks
E) barge
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 11.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.