11.1 Flashcards
Hearth of modern industry
Northern England and southern Scotland, diffused to Europe and North America
What stage and what was the cottage industry
Stage 2 and it was manufacturing goods in your own home
Most important invention for development of factories
Steam engine
What did industrial technology do
Higher standards of living, productivity
What does watts invention cause
United Kingdom to be worlds dominant industrial power
Industries impacted
Iron, textiles, chemicals, and food processing
Where are industrial clusters
Europe, North America and east asia
Where was manufacturing concentrated in North America
Northeastern United States and southeastern Canada
Site factors
Labor, capital, and land
Labor intensive industry
Process that that heavily relies on human labor, where labor is highest percentage of its expenses
What is fordist
Each worker has one specific task
What is post fordist
Relies more on skilled labor, team based
Situation factors
Transportation of materials into and from a factory
Two major situation factors
Proximity to outputs and inputs
Example of bulk gaining and bulk reducing
Bulk reducing, copper
Bulk gaining, car manufacturing
Single market manufacturers and where it’s located
Only a couple customers and located near manufacturing plants
Break of bulk point
Transfer of transportation modes
Just in time delivery, why it’s used
Shipment of parts to factories moments before they are needed, helps with reducing or eliminating inventory costs
What is biomass fuel
From burning wood, plant material, and animal waste, or converting them into charcoal, alcohol or methane gas
Who uses most hydroelectric power
Brazil
Who uses most wind power
China
Who uses most geothermal
United States
Passive solar energy
Collects energy without use of mechanical devices
Active solar energy
Collects solar radiation using mechanical devices
